Igniter on furnace - how to replace

needhelponrepair · Joined: 16 Feb 2008 Posts: 1

We know that the furnace has a faulty igniter and we purchansed a
replacement. BUt , don;t know where in the furnace is acutally is..
cannot find it after i open the main case.

please help

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.p.jm · Joined: 07 Aug 2007 Posts: 527

On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 10:02:32 -0800 (PST), needhelponrepair
wrote:

>We know that the furnace has a faulty igniter and we purchansed a
>replacement. BUt , don;t know where in the furnace is acutally is..
>cannot find it after i open the main case.
>
>please help
>

Sorry, you are beyond help.

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becauseofjunk · Joined: 11 Feb 2008 Posts: 12

Pull cover, look at burners.

Look to left or to right of burners underneath.

There will be one wire going to one side, two wires going to other.

Where the two wires goes is the ignitor.

Where the one wire goes is the flame sensor.

More than likely, this is a ceramic hot surface ignitor. All you have
to do is tap it wrong on any surface and the part is unusable. If you
touch it, you leave your oils and it will burn it out prematurely.

Now, I am going to cover my ears so I do not hear the fall out from
this board.

Noon-Air · Joined: 07 Aug 2007 Posts: 363

"needhelponrepair" wrote in message @s8g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
> We know that the furnace has a faulty igniter and we purchansed a
> replacement. BUt , don;t know where in the furnace is acutally is..
> cannot find it after i open the main case.
>
> please help
>
>
Call your local *competent*, licensed, insured, professionally trained, HVAC
technician.

becauseofjunk · Joined: 11 Feb 2008 Posts: 12

On Feb 16, 5:38 pm, becauseofj...@mailcan.com wrote:
> Pull cover, look at burners.
>
> Look to left or to right of burners underneath.
>
> There will be one wire going to one side, two wires going to other.
>
> Where the two wires goes is the ignitor.
>
> Where the one wire goes is the flame sensor.
>
> More than likely, this is a ceramic hot surface ignitor. All you have
> to do is tap it wrong on any surface and the part is unusable. If you
> touch it, you leave your oils and it will burn it out prematurely.
>
> Now, I am going to cover my ears so I do not hear the fall out from
> this board.

I should also mention, in rare cases, they are located on top but this
is not the norm. Be sure to cut the power cut off switch before doing
any work on your furnace. If you do not know where power cut off
switch is, turn off the breaker.

I know you know it is the ignitor because this been a repeative
problem for you...you need a better tech than you have had before to
tell you why you are burning ignitors.

Email me because I have other questions for you that can help you get
to bottom of this problem: becauseofjunk@mailcan.com

Don Ocean · Joined: 07 Aug 2007 Posts: 169

needhelponrepair wrote:
> We know that the furnace has a faulty igniter and we purchansed a
> replacement. BUt , don;t know where in the furnace is acutally is..
> cannot find it after i open the main case.
>
> please help

You will find it in the "Yellow Pages" under "Heating Service
Companies". For a nominal fee they will find it for you and repair it...
Saving your family the pain and agony of a possible accident with a
piece of volital equipment.
>
>

Tony Hwang · Joined: 07 Aug 2007 Posts: 207

needhelponrepair wrote:
> We know that the furnace has a faulty igniter and we purchansed a
> replacement. BUt , don;t know where in the furnace is acutally is..
> cannot find it after i open the main case.
>
> please help
>
>
Hi,
State furnace make and model. What kind of ignitor?

Stormin Mormon · Joined: 07 Aug 2007 Posts: 284

So, how do you know the ignitor is faulty? A furnace that doesn't heat, it
could be any of several dozen problems. And, your furnace could be of any of
a lot of different designs.

Asking how to replace an ignitor (without any more info) is like asking how
to vet a sick animal, and not even telling us what kind of animal. Carrier
is different than Goodman, which is different than York.

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"needhelponrepair" wrote in message @s8g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
We know that the furnace has a faulty igniter and we purchansed a
replacement. BUt , don;t know where in the furnace is acutally is..
cannot find it after i open the main case.

please help

Stormin Mormon · Joined: 07 Aug 2007 Posts: 284

Do you know the OP well enough to think that s/he knows what you just said?
Many people own furnaces, but don't have the skills to know how to do all
that. It would be a shame to find out that you just encouraged someone to
take a furnace apart. Get it back together wrong, and now it makes funny
noises. Bing, bang, boom!

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wrote in message @u72g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
Pull cover, look at burners.

Look to left or to right of burners underneath.

There will be one wire going to one side, two wires going to other.

Where the two wires goes is the ignitor.

Where the one wire goes is the flame sensor.

More than likely, this is a ceramic hot surface ignitor. All you have
to do is tap it wrong on any surface and the part is unusable. If you
touch it, you leave your oils and it will burn it out prematurely.

Now, I am going to cover my ears so I do not hear the fall out from
this board.

Stormin Mormon · Joined: 07 Aug 2007 Posts: 284

Having bought the ignitor already, it's fairly sure they will take something
or other apart. I can see your point of view.

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"CJT" wrote in message @prodigy.net...
They'll probably take it apart anyway -- better they should have SOME
guidance.

-zero · Joined: 08 Oct 2007 Posts: 18

"needhelponrepair" wrote in message @s8g2000prg.googlegroups.com...

> We know that the furnace has a faulty igniter and we purchansed a
> replacement. BUt , don;t know where in the furnace is acutally is..
> cannot find it after i open the main case.

Main Case?

You're probably in the circuit breaker box. Turn everything
off in your home except for the heat. Listen carefully and
look around the house for the source of this noise. That's
your furnace.

-zero

CJT · Joined: 07 Aug 2007 Posts: 336

Stormin Mormon wrote:

> Do you know the OP well enough to think that s/he knows what you just said?
> Many people own furnaces, but don't have the skills to know how to do all
> that. It would be a shame to find out that you just encouraged someone to
> take a furnace apart. Get it back together wrong, and now it makes funny
> noises. Bing, bang, boom!
>
They'll probably take it apart anyway -- better they should have SOME
guidance.

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Jeffrey Lebowski · Joined: 14 Jan 2008 Posts: 15

"Don Ocean" wrote in message@mid.individual.net...

> volital equipment

Confused the word "volital" in my dictionary.......

Perhaps :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volatile

Which doesn't make much sense in this usage either--suggest maybe consider
going back to making simple grunting sounds...

HTH

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"KAubert · Joined: 07 Aug 2007 Posts: 1

On Feb 16, 2:39 pm, "Noon-Air" wrote:
> "needhelponrepair" wrote in message
>
> @s8g2000prg.googlegroups.com...> We know that the furnace has a faulty igniter and we purchansed a
> > replacement. BUt , don;t know where in the furnace is acutally is..
> > cannot find it after i open the main case.
>
> > please help
>
> Call your local *competent*, licensed, insured, professionally trained, HVAC
> technician.

I see you made the NEWS. Congrats. You put MS on the map. Does the
business card with loan officer work??

Noon-Air · Joined: 07 Aug 2007 Posts: 363

"KAubert (Air-Care)" wrote in message @n58g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
On Feb 16, 2:39 pm, "Noon-Air" wrote:
> "needhelponrepair" wrote in message
>
> @s8g2000prg.googlegroups.com...>
> We know that the furnace has a faulty igniter and we purchansed a
> > replacement. BUt , don;t know where in the furnace is acutally is..
> > cannot find it after i open the main case.
>
> > please help
>
> Call your local *competent*, licensed, insured, professionally trained,
> HVAC
> technician.

I see you made the NEWS. Congrats. You put MS on the map.

Thanx Smile

Does the business card with loan officer work??

Actually it does help. He is involved with about 1 in 4 sales. It especially
helps when the customer is expecting pre-Katrina prices for replacement and
its 3 times the cost for a premium system. The 3 or 4 grand they had saved
up makes a nice down and they are able to finance the rest with either a
cash-out re-fi, or line of credit, or ???.... and usually at around 5%
interest. Makes it much more attractive to prospective clients.