Electric Furnace Problem?

Question

The electric ignitor is out AGAIN, this would make it the 2nd time it has done this, what would cause the ingnitor to go out? the furnace is blowing not cold air, but not hot air. since the furnace is electric, no gas is coming out, it is just blowing normal air, not heated, like i said before this has happend before.
why would it go out again?!?!

it is gas, but also electric, it has a electric ignitgtor

replaced the igniotor swtich maybe 2 months ago

Answer 1

You say that the furnace is electic, but you also say it has an ignitor. An electric furnace does not have an ignitor, a gas furnace does.

Second time in how long? If it is a year, that is bad. If it is 20 years, that is not bad.

Did you replace the last one yourself? They are relatively delicate and break more easily that one would think.

Then again, how do you know it is out? What test did you do that tells you it is a bad ignitor and not another part that is bad?

A gas furnace will not normally blow out unheated air under normal circumstances. The blower does not come on until the heated air reaches a certain temperature. There is a thermostat INSIDE the furnace that controls the blower. This is NOT the thermostat on the wall of the house, it is totally separate.

The above applies to Winter, i.e. heating mode only. Summer, i.e. cooling mode is totally different. I say that because someone might get confused about the blower function in Summer vs Winter.

You also have another post about electrical problems. I replied to that a couple of minutes ago. Could the problems all be related?

Answer 2

Sounds as if the ignitor is arcing on the chassis of the unit. Check that first,and if not it could be a defective line running to the ground.

Answer 3

there could be air getting in blowing it out or you need a new element