Gas and Oil Home Heating Furnaces - won't ignite
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jahsr59
01-26-04, 06:49 AM
I have a oil fired forced air furnance, it worked fine last year. This year it will not ignite on its own, if you manually light it, it works like its suppose to, cycles untill the desired temp is reached but will not ignite when the temp falls, it cycles but doen't ignite just trips the reset
mattison
01-26-04, 10:57 AM
How are you manually lighting an oil furnace?
What reset is it tripping?
What reset is it tripping?
jahsr59
01-26-04, 04:44 PM
I guess it's called a relay, thermastat hooks up to it
jahsr59
01-26-04, 04:45 PM
It pumps oil into the fire box but doesn't ignite so I drop a lite paper towel into it
Jay11J
01-26-04, 07:16 PM
Sounds like your igniter is not working for you.. Is the transfer putting out spark at the end of the burner? Rods lined up?
When was the last time you had a full service clean up? Should be done every year.
When was the last time you had a full service clean up? Should be done every year.
mattison
01-27-04, 10:12 AM
This could be very dangerous... You need a pro to check it out. Sounds like transformer could be out.
galexwolflaw
06-02-04, 06:13 AM
I know of a pending class action lawsuit involving alleged defective hot surface ignitors used in furnaces.
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