Posted by JML755 on December 14, 2015 at 08:51:04 from (97.78.165.201):
In Reply to: Sleeveless in December posted by fred werring on December 13, 2015 at 23:06:07:
ordinarily, I welcome the Winter weather in December. I'm a skier and head out west in February while other guys my age (65) are heading to Florida or Arizona.
But..... yesterday, wife and I went out to the property we own to cut our xmas trees. House I own next door to it has been vacant for a month or so (daughter moved out temporarily). I had dialed down the thermostat on the forced air gas furnace to 55. Hadn't been there in a couple of weeks. Went into the house, was pretty cold, t'stat set at 55 but temp in house was 48. :? Checked the gas and it was not shut off (stove was working), furnace was "kind of running" (blower motor was spinning). At first, I thought it was a bad gas valve as I didn't smell any gas when I cycled the electrical supply to the furnace and it tried to fire up. The igniter wasn't coming on either and the "codes" from the flashing LED indicated an ignition problem. As part of its "retry" cycle, I heard the valve click and smelled gas for a few seconds, so I'm pretty sure it's the igniter. Can't be 100% sure as I don't know if there was juice going up to it as I didn't have my VOM with me. However, when I took it out, it bumped into the frame and the heating element broke in half, another indication that it was probably cracked. Anyway, it's a $16 part and on its way.
The point of this is that I'm glad for this "global warming" December or I'd have had a mess on my hands. And for those of you thinking it: Nope, I hadn't previously drained the water lines as I'm planning to use the house on weekends. Before I left yesterday, I DID throw some anti-freeze in the drains and shut off the well pump in case I can't get back there for some reason before a freeze sets in this weekend.
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