DUMBFOUNDED wrote:
How do you know if you are being ripped off by Furnace Tech.??
Just ben told my flames had orange cause of Heat Exchange getting bad,
there are some visible orange seams starting.My furance is a Heil just put
in June of 1995.
Could the heat exchanger really be going bad so soon. He said, the flames
were dancing around too much.(Our air supply is vented from the
outside..)
Thanks for any & all in-put..
I am a woman could he be takening me for aride, so to say??

Call someone with a good reputation to inspect your system. Ask your
neighbors if you do not know of one. DO NOT tell them another tech
diagnosed the bad heat exchanger. A flame dancing while burning COULD
be a cracked heat exchanger, but the cost is high to replace it. Modern
heat techs have optical devices they can insert into the heat exchanger
to inspect for a cracked heat exchanger.

Most furnace makers warranty the heat exchanger for 5 years because
they normally last even longer.

And yes, some HVAC people will take the last dollar from a person on
Social Security without blinking an eye. Sorry to say.