we have a ducane forced air furnace. it stopped working this morning. when we turned it on you can hear to motor working but it is not blowing any air into the house. does anybody know what it could be.
2007-01-28 07:28:32 · 5 answers · asked by almostready 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Try this link.
http://hometips.com/home_probsolver/hps06/hps_forcedair.html
Hope it helps.
2007-01-28 07:43:14 · answer #1 · answered by etcher1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A positive with a electric furnaces is they tend to last a long time the biggest issue you have is what type of heating element it uses and can it be replaced if it breaks. I have seen electric furnaces at 40 years old still running. The fact is That the electric furnace is being used as back heat and isn't being used as often as a typical furnace since you have a heat pump doing most of the heating in the condo. The problem you will have is changing the system over when the heat pumps dies you may have to switch everything out because of new refrigerant and stuff. Condos tend to be tricky also on system change out some are really simple and accessible while others are not. This will greatly figure into your price. Depending on the size of the system you need will also figure into price. If you can find rebates and good deals you are looking at about 5000.00 on the low end. I am currently working up a bid for a condo in my area another company told them 18,000.00 that is extremely high even for a house. Hope this helps
2016-03-29 06:41:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have a 90% efficient furnace (PVC vented) it could be that you have a clogged condensate drain. You can usually find a plastic canister in the blower cabinet and that is your drain trap that usually gets clogged. Take it out and flush it with hot water. You can also turn the power off and back on and this will reset the circuit board in the furnace. This sometimes locks out due to a power surge or outage. If that fails it could be your hot surface ignitor. If you buy one of these and install it yourself make sure that you do not touch the black part of the ignitor since the oil from your fingers will cause the ignitor to be short lived.
2007-01-28 14:13:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Most likeky the hot surface ignitor has gone bad. They cost about 25 dollars from an a/c and heating distributor. When these ignitors are bad it does not allow the burners to even ignite.
2007-01-28 08:20:12 · answer #4 · answered by redbird 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like the fan blade has come adrift, they are usually held on by an allen screw, it may need tightening. Some fan types are belt driven and after a while the belt slips or snaps, look to that.
2007-01-28 07:34:57 · answer #5 · answered by tucksie 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋