Filter Grill
Your COleman furnace has the filters on the face is that right? or is there a flat panel and behind the panel up above the furnace inside the sheet metal is where...
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jgrizz
You cant, the bearings and shaft and that motor or the blower wheel and its bearings are bad. AT this point live with it, because it's too old an furnace to put o...
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Sounds like dirty air filter.
Could be that the air filter is so dirty its causing the sheetmetal to colaps when the blower starts and stops.
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Ignition Problem
Could be that you have the polarity incorrect into the furnace, or on the hot side of the ignition control. Or could be that there is a fuse blown on the low volt...
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Bower
the low speed on your blower may be bad. In the fan on position the blower uses high speed. The blower in heating is usually turned on now adays by the circuit bo...
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Intermittent Firing
I need a little more information, how old is the unit. What efficiency is it? Does it have metal or PVC vent system?
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That is probably a bad flame sensor
Either a bad flame sensor, or bad connection at the flame sensor. Make sure you have a good ground to the unit and you may check the polarity to the furnace, some...
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BAD pilot Valve
You Probably have a bad pilot valve in the main valve--its unrepairable. You must replace the entire Valve! The safer bet and the more cost effective solution is ...
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R & W terminal
Because its a wall furnace and ones face has to be near the burners to do any testing near the main valve I shall decline to offer advice. But the voltage you rea...
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Leaking
If your friends furnace is a high efficiency furnace, it is supposed to make water when it runs and the water is piped through plastic hoses to a drain line. Yo...
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Stat Setting
Well that may depend upon the duct system, I would turn them both on full heat as high as they go, then about ten minutes later use a thermometer and see if there...
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Trane Blinking code
Its probably just indicating that the furnace has power and that there is no call for heat and that all is normal. There is a code key on the back side of one of ...
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SOunds like your repairman wasn't sure
Sounds like he made a guess about the blower motor and he guessed wrong. I would hire someone else if I were you. This problem is common and there are a variety o...
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It's fine
Its just as good as anyone else out there today. Tecnhology is pretty much the same on all equipment today. Just make sure its set up right at the onset and it sh...
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Cycling
So what you need to determine is if its a thermostat problem or a unit problem. Try setting your thermostat all the way up as high as it goes, and see if the prob...
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sounds like
sounds like an induced draft combustion blower motor. Also sounds as iff the bearings in the motor have worn and te shaft is tilting slightly and that the squirel...
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Could be Excessive Gas Pressure!!
COuld be that the gas pressure is too high, what kind of fuel are u using and at what altitude are you? High gas pressure willc ause a high temperature rise throu...
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Flame Rectification
All electronic igition systems have flame rectification, or a means of proving there is a flame present in order to keep the main gas valve open. There are va...
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Sounds like a bad blower
A few things can be happening here, the most likely is that the low speed winding on the motor has burned out. Another possibility is that the blower relay contac...
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answersupdated about 15 years ago by JGRIZZ
Sounds like a bad blower
A few things can be happening here, the most likely is that the low speed winding on the motor has burned out. Another possibility is that the blower relay contac...
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answersupdated about 15 years ago by JGRIZZ
