United States Stove 1537M Trouble Shooting Tips For Warm Air Furnace, List Of Problems, Solutions

TROUBLE SHOOTING TIPS FOR WARM AIR FURNACE

	LIST OF PROBLEMS		POSSIBLE CAUSE		SOLUTIONS
1.	Smoking when feed door	a)	Insufficient Draft.	a)	Set Thermostat higher.
	is open.	b)	Clogged chimney or chimney	b)	Clean Chimney.
			connector.	c) Add raincap to chimney.
		c) Down draft in chimney.
2.	Furnace does not heat.	a)	Wood not seasoned and dry.	a) Allow wood to season in a
					dry area for six months.
		b) Blower control set too low.		b) Set blower control to higher
					temperatures. (See P. 14)
		c)	Insufficient flue draft.	c) Set flue draft. (See P. 9)
3.	Blower Does not run.	a)	Improperly wired.	a)	Wire unit properly.
		b)	Bad blower control.	b)	Replace blower control.
		c)	Bad relay.	c)	Replace relay.
		d)	Bad blower motor	d)	Replace blower.
4.	No air from registers-	a)	Registers are closed.	a)	Open registers.
	fan running.	b)	Duct work improperly installed.	b) Correct duct work install.
		c) Improper wiring between central		c)	Wire unit properly.
			furnace and this unit.
5.	Air from Registers is not hot	a)	Blower control is set too low.	a) Adjust blower control to
					higher setting. (See P. 14)
		b)	Bad blower control.	b)	Replace blower control.
6.	Blower runs too long.		Blower control cut off set		Set blower control cut off to
			too low.		higher setting. (See P. 14)
7.	Blower does not run long	a)	Blower control cut off set	a) Set blower control cut off to
	enough.		too high.		lower setting. (See P. 14)
		b)	Bad blower motor.	b)	Replace Blower.
8.	Smoke and/or odor from		Oil from furnace and duct		The metal used in constuc-
	registers when furnace		work.		tion of the furnace and duct
	is used for first time.				work has a light coating of
					oil. This should disappear
					after a short period of time.
					Once this burnoff has occur-
					red, is should not reoccur.
9.	Creosote build-up.	a)	Burning green wood (not	a) Burn only seasoned wood.
			seasoned or dry).
		b) Draft Control setting too low		b) Set thermostat higher to
			for type fuel.		attain higher flue tempera-
					tures. This will aid in pre-
					venting build-up of creosote.
10.	Flame spillage when feed	a)	Insufficient draft.	a)	Set thermostat higher.
	door is open.	b)	Smothering fire when adding	b) Add fuel so as not to
			fresh fuel.		smother fire.

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