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| gas furnace hot surface ignition does not glow | 11/20/2009 |
Q: We have a bryant 373LAV horizontal gas furnace. it failed 1st time we turned on this year. when ...
A: You need to be sure that the pressure switch is closing its normally open contacts before you ...
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| furnace not firing up | 11/19/2009 |
Q: We bought a house recently that has a old Olsen (HTL-100B) furnace. Today we had the the tank ...
A: Sorry about the confusion. You really need to get a service relationship with your fuel oil ...
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| furnace not firing up | 11/19/2009 |
Q: We bought a house recently that has a old Olsen (HTL-100B) furnace. Today we had the the tank ...
A: It sounds as if you should call the propane company for service to determine if there is a problem ...
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| Boiler in apartment building | 11/18/2009 |
Q: I just bought a 11 unit apartment building with a hot water boiler. The old owner shut the boiler ...
A: If the boiler is condensing the flue gasses, because the boiler is cold, or is not piped correctly, ...
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| heating | 11/18/2009 |
Q: The inducer fan motor is turning on then blower motor kick in then I hear the spark doing his job ...
A: I would of course check that the gas is on, and the gas control and shut off valves are all turned ...
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| Rheem RBHC Air Handler | 11/15/2009 |
Q: I have a newer Rheem RBHC Air Handler installed horizontally in my attic. The installer had to come ...
A: If the filter is in the air handler, it is at the end opposite, or at least furthest away from where ...
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| PILOT ASSEmbly | 11/13/2009 |
Q: I need a pilot assembly for a York Heater thats about 30 years old. Where might I be able to find ...
A: check locally to you in the yellow pages for air conditioning and heating (sub: parts, ...
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| Heap Pump Fan and Heat Issues | 11/9/2009 |
Q: We have a 10 year old heat pump. It cooled fine this summer, but when we switched it over to heat ...
A: You should call a service technician to do a diagnostic on the system. It sounds like the"reversing ...
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| Boiler related question | 11/7/2009 |
Q: I have a question related to troubleshooting my boiler. There is a vertical glass tube with valves ...
A: What you have described does not sound too unusual. Steam heat systems require a special technician ...
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| Radiant Baseboard Bangs! | 11/5/2009 |
Q: We have a boiler system that heats our 1 and 1/2 story home. We haven't had any problems with it ...
A: If you make your hot water for your taps from the boiler that you heat the house with you will have ...
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| residential heating | 11/4/2009 |
Q: My daughter and son in law recently purchased a smaller raised ranch with full basement built in ...
A: You can benefit from running the fan--but if the ductwork is installed in an unconditioned space, ...
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| cold air return capacity | 11/2/2009 |
Q: I have a 2000 s.f. 2 story farmhouse I restored myself. I put in a 2 ft X 2 ft air shaft from the ...
A: If I understand this correct, and you have essentially a 2'square duct connected to the return side ...
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| FLOODED WEIL-McCLAIN BOILER | 10/30/2009 |
Q: .I STUPIDLY OPENED THE WATER SUPPLY VALVE ON MY WEIL-McCLAIN OIL FIRED STEAM BOILER AND WALKED AWAY. ...
A: The biggest problem that you may have caused is that you have stirred up allot of sediment that may ...
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| Malfunctioning Weil-McLain Boiler | 10/29/2009 |
Q: I have a Weil-McLain HE Series 3 boiler that began malfunctioning about a week and a half ago. ...
A: I worked on allot of these--the information that I provided is based on what I did to get these ...
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| commercial baseboards | 10/28/2009 |
Q: I have a commercial building with a boiler. I have a few 50 plus year old rads with a fan. It is ...
A: Wow, a picture of the equipment would make this allot easier Try Modine for a source, very good ...
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| radiant heat in bathroom floor | 10/23/2009 |
Q: Remember us? You switched the steam boiler to hot water in our Capitol Hill rowhouse over 5 years ...
A: I have rfh in our master bath. It was expensive, and allot of work, and I can still feel where the ...
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| Carrier furnace not heating. | 10/23/2009 |
Q: The furnace is around 10 years old. It was working great and just quit. I power cycled and blower ...
A: If this is a hot surface ignition system it is likely that the ignitor is cracked and needs to be ...
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| Adding a zone and domestic hot water in boiler replacement | 10/23/2009 |
Q: I have a commercial building being heated by two split systems. The climate controlled sq. footage ...
A: You may be able to get an air handler now with enough push on the air side to overcome the loss ...
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| radiant heat in bathroom floor | 10/23/2009 |
Q: Remember us? You switched the steam boiler to hot water in our Capitol Hill rowhouse over 5 years ...
A: Wow, Small world. I think about your family, and the job when I am in that part of town. Nearly ...
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| Air Conditioner Compressor Inline Dryer | 10/22/2009 |
Q: I was just told that I have a bad compressor on my downstairs American Standard Condenser. I have a ...
A: You should get a copy of the original manufacturer installation directions and read them--then have ...
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| trane outdoor pump | 10/19/2009 |
Q: Live in West Virginia. Outdoor Trane pump "freezes up" stops running when the heat is on and the ...
A: What you are describing CAN be normal winter operation of a heat pump. Usually, after one operates ...
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| using pex for old hot water radiators | 10/19/2009 |
Q: i recently aquired a large 3 story brick house in pittsburgh pa that is divided into 3 apartments, 1 ...
A: Old radiators, and convectors are held together with "push-nipples". If your radiator is held ...
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| anti freeze | 10/18/2009 |
Q: what type of ante freeze do you use in a wet system and how do you put it in?
A: The boiler manufacturer may have recommendations about this. I am pretty sure that propylene glycol ...
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| steam heat leak | 10/17/2009 |
Q: In our community center we have several leaks in the piping of our steam heat system. Is there some ...
A: No, sorry. When I remind you of your experiments with distillation in school, you will remember ...
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| Baseboard Radiator System Maintenance | 10/16/2009 |
Q: Last year we moved into an older home with a Weil-McLain, Boiler Model# CGM-4, natural gas, ...
A: You now have an "air-out" system. Due to the need to maintain air above the water in the old tank ...
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| using pex for old hot water radiators | 10/16/2009 |
Q: i recently aquired a large 3 story brick house in pittsburgh pa that is divided into 3 apartments, 1 ...
A: Get a few quotes to do the work that you are describing. Get someone to help you crunch the numbers ...
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| boiler buzzing | 10/16/2009 |
Q: I just got a new boiler heating system put in, the old one was broken. I think it is a combi (if ...
A: The only thing I have ever heard that may be similar to your noise is when these boilers fire, then ...
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| using pex for old hot water radiators | 10/16/2009 |
Q: i recently aquired a large 3 story brick house in pittsburgh pa that is divided into 3 apartments, 1 ...
A: Please realize that the gas company will charge for each service usually on a monthly basis. (three ...
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| Baseboard Radiator System Maintenance | 10/15/2009 |
Q: Last year we moved into an older home with a Weil-McLain, Boiler Model# CGM-4, natural gas, ...
A: You should contact Weil-Mclain, and get the piping diagram to this boiler, or the cg boiler. If you ...
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| Radiator Question | 10/14/2009 |
Q: I have been searching and searching but haven't come across anything specific to my situation. I ...
A: What you are describing sounds like a steam system problem; however, the only time I have seen the ...
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| Payne electric heat pump system | 10/12/2009 |
Q: I am wondering why I am blowing a 5 amp fuse consistently. I have checked the 24 volt wires for any ...
A: Somehow you have a direct short. You should turn off the high voltage to the air handler, and using ...
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| Heil Dc 90 Furnace. | 10/12/2009 |
Q: I have a Heil Dc 90 Model # NUGM074EGb1 Propane Furnace that when the thermostat is turned up the ...
A: I would be sure that I have adequate gas pressure across the gas valve, before I installed a new ...
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| my furnace will not kick on | 10/10/2009 |
Q: i got a 1978 heil model HUGC105CG01 and it wont kick on after i turn up the themastat till it ...
A: You should temporarily install a jumper wire across the R and W terminal of the furnace at the ...
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| Regarding Package Ac | 10/10/2009 |
Q: Hey Mike what's up man i need a favor to ask you because iam a student in HVAC field.My simple ...
A: A package unit is used in small residences, and light commercial applications. They are available ...
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| Steam Radiator Reflector | 10/9/2009 |
Q: I have a small (20" x 20") steam radiator in my bathroom. It is set about 1/2 of the way into the ...
A: I would think that you could use cardboard sheets wrapped with aluminum foil on the cheap--Have a ...
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| Boiler burner problem | 10/8/2009 |
Q: I had a local Plumbing and Heating contractor service my home heating oil fired boiler. It is a ...
A: Please find a local contractor who will use test equipment to set up your burner. It has been years ...
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| Humidifiers | 10/7/2009 |
Q: i have a few questions regarding my furnace and installing a humidifier on it. What kind of ...
A: One of the things that should be done is to find out where all that humidity is going. Unless you ...
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| baseboard heat | 10/7/2009 |
Q: I bought a new house with an oil fired boiler.On the second floor the pipe comes up through a small ...
A: Codes are a regional thing, this you would have to check--If you mean practice, then yes it is ...
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| rheem furnace circuit board | 10/6/2009 |
Q: guess first off better make sure thats what i need. my basement flooded. by the i realized to throw ...
A: Call your insurance company. Every manufacturer that I know of somewhere in their literature ...
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| Heil forced air furnace pressure switch | 10/6/2009 |
Q: My gas forced air furnace will not start due to not enough vacuum coming from the draft inducer to ...
A: You need to get a copy of the set-up and diagnostic service directions from the furnace, and a ...
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| burnham boiler operates with no call for heat | 10/5/2009 |
Q: I have a new burnham alpine 105 modulating boiler, it heats up supply water to 170F constantly even ...
A: It sounds as if there is a problem with the set up of the warm weather shut down, or the domestic ...
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| Heat Pump Dehumidification | 10/4/2009 |
Q: The following is a summary of questions remaining after 2 "best of phoenix" ac companies, with clean ...
A: Your company may be following a service procedure from the manufacturer. While you ask many good ...
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| heil heat pump | 10/4/2009 |
Q: I have a older model Green body heil heat pump but cannot tell the model number. It is oblong ,with ...
A: The best way to determine what size unit should be in your home, you should have a heat load ...
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| Vents | 10/3/2009 |
Q: Building an 800 square foot rec room, how many cold air returns,cooling and heating vents do I need?
A: You always need to perform a heat loss/gain calculation on new construction. I am assuming that you ...
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| new boiler | 10/3/2009 |
Q: my boiler just went that heats my home and hot water, it is being replaced with a columbia csfn 4100 ...
A: The prices that you mention do not seem to be out of line. It sounds as if they are changing ...
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| float switches | 10/2/2009 |
Q: How do you hook up a float switch to you air handler?
A: Float switches are normally installed when the system is new. They are attached to the side of a ...
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| electric heater | 10/1/2009 |
Q: I turned my heater on this morning and I heard it cut on but the blower didn't kick on. My blower ...
A: I am assuming that this is an electric furnace without a heat pump unit. It is possible that there ...
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| Nordyne G5RA Blower | 9/30/2009 |
Q: I have a Nordyne G5RA Furnace. with no AC. I want to run the blower to circulate the hot air from my ...
A: Oh yeah, r to g will give you the cooling fan speed. If you have a 3 or more speed blower motor, ...
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| Home Boiler Questions | 9/29/2009 |
Q: I have a 3 year old, Lennox GWB9-IH, High-efficiency, gas-fired, hot water heat boiler. Bassebord ...
A: OK--Two problems here--I have never lived much above sea level, and the other is that Lennox does ...
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| Nordyne G5RA Blower | 9/27/2009 |
Q: I have a Nordyne G5RA Furnace. with no AC. I want to run the blower to circulate the hot air from my ...
A: you should be able to run a pilot duty switch from the r to the g terminal to turn the fan on at ...
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| central heat/ air conditioner | 9/27/2009 |
Q: Greetings! I have a 3000 sq. ft. home and it is time to replace the heat/ air unit. I want the ...
A: Top three brands are probably Carrier/Bryant, Trane and Lennox. I sold and installed allot of ...
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| hot water kick heater | 9/26/2009 |
Q: I am thinking of installing a kick heater in one of the cabinets in my kitchen since it gets a ...
A: You will probably be successful installing the heater with the diverter tees if you do not have any ...
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| oil fired water heater vs. indirect water heater | 9/25/2009 |
Q: I'm in the market for a new oil fired boiler with an oil fired water heater or indirect water ...
A: Any indirect tank hooked up to a boiler will give you a never-ending supply of hot water due to the ...
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| oil fired water heater vs. indirect water heater | 9/24/2009 |
Q: I'm in the market for a new oil fired boiler with an oil fired water heater or indirect water ...
A: It is my opinion that the indirect heater is the best way to go. Simply this, the boiler will tend ...
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| how big a furnace do we need | 9/21/2009 |
Q: We would like to know how many BTU's , or what "size" forced hot air furnace we need to heat a 2,00 ...
A: Contractors rightly charge for the time involved in doing a heat loss calculation. It should be ...
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| Replacing Coils | 9/14/2009 |
Q: Mike, I bought my home in 2005 and I have no knowledge of central units. Please help. I have a ...
A: If your furnace has not been taken care of well, you should get a new furnace. (If the blower ...
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| ansi code- or local code | 9/12/2009 |
Q: My house is in Katy, Texas it was build in 2000, and the question is does the furnace needs a ...
A: I am not clear what you are asking. What blower assembly are you referring to? The model number ...
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| a/c thermostat | 9/6/2009 |
Q: today i was weed whcking and I hit the wire from the ac unit to the house ...it stopped running ...
A: This is a low voltage cable that is unprotected and vulnerable to repeat damage. It is possible ...
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