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wai
10-24-06, 01:52 PM
I notice my gas furnance lately sometime only hear the ignition sparking sound but no flame comes on..it goes off a few minutes later. This furnance has a Honey well S86E Intermittent Pilot control, sometime when the problem happens, I knock on the control then the flame comes on.. I am not sure whether is this control deffected.. don't know what is inside the control, may be a relay contact is corroded... can some one familliar with this control tell me whether is this control should be replaced.. thanks in advance..

Jay11J
10-24-06, 04:44 PM
When you hear it sparking all times, is the pilot lit?

Make sure the wires, and connection are good, and clean.
wai
10-25-06, 02:25 PM
When you hear it sparking all times, is the pilot lit?

Make sure the wires, and connection are good, and clean.

Be honest, I don't really know it has a pilot in there... I need to check, I thought it ignites and does not need the Pilot and I thought the Honeywell S86E provides the Intermittent pilot, that is why I suspect the control is deffected... I will check and clean all the connections see what happen then... anyway thanks for getting back