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Entries for the ‘Furnaces’ Category

Furnace Filters

Jayesh Bagde asked: Furnace filters ensure that the air you breathe in is clean, fresh and free from pollutants.Originally, furnace filters were designed to protect the furnace and fans. But now with the importance of air quality, it’s being used with other equipments. Today it is being used in the HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Air [...]

What is the voltage and amperage of the electrical connection at my furnace?

justaguy23456 asked: I have a Coleman 7600 propane furnace heating a 1000 square foot house. The furnace has an electrical wire going into it to power the blower.
At some point in the future I might get a woodburning stove and get rid of the furnace. So I’m thinking I also will be able to put [...]

Improving Indoor Air Quality From Furnaces Calgary

Vikram Kumar asked: Calgary’s moderately warm summer cold winter climate makes a high efficiency furnace and indoor air quality system an important consideration. Based on the findings from the Canadian Human Activities Pattern Survey, people in Calgary spend almost 90 percent of their time in their houses. This means that the indoor air quality has [...]

Avoid Premature Heat Exchanger Failure With Your Furnace

Bill Whitworth asked: Just as you may have noticed that your automobile runs more smoothly after a fresh new oil change, the same principle works for your furnace, when it comes to a new or clean furnace filter. The main component for both hot water and forced air heating units is called a heat exchanger. [...]

Why does furnace only come on when I turn thermostat up to 90 degrees?

Ladywithwrench asked: My gas furnace will not come on unless I turned the thermostat almost all the way up. This is usually around 90 degrees. Can someone tell me why.furnace maintenance

What are the Benifits to Installing a Furnace Humidifier

Pat Johnson asked: One of the most common health issues that plague our society is dehydration. Most of the tissue in the body is composed of water. If it loses the water, the tissue dries up. It’s elasticity goes, and with it function declines. Besides dry skin, the symptoms of dehydration include chronic joint and [...]

My furnace works great but its rattling now. Don;t know much but could the squirrel cage be out of round?

Foss asked: How hard would it be to take it apart? Is that a piece that goes bad? Do bearings need servcing? The furnace is about 7 years old.heat pump repair

What can possibly be wrong with my furnace?

Pat Riots asked: What can possibly be wrong with my furnace?
The temperature keeps dropping even though i set the temperature at 68F, and the furnace won’t run to raise the temperature back to 68F. So, why?
I am sure it is a gas furnace, and i don’t think i need to reset it because it was [...]

How can I retrieve a furnace filter that fell down inside the duct?

rainfingers asked: I used a cut-to-fit furnace filter, which slides into a horizontal 1 1/2 slot at about eye level. It has now fallen down inside the cold-air return duct to about ankle level. Any creative suggestions of how to get it out of there without taking apart the duct?heat pump maintenance

My Furnace Needs Repair

John Grisler asked: Although my business does not offer repairs on old furnaces to the general public, I can still talk to you about having a repair done. 23 years Years ago and for the first few years of my career when I was a young service technician and before I became concerned about the [...]