Hmm this is weird. I took out my thermostat and sanded the 2 copper wires a
little to get better contact and now the furnace fires up every time heat is
called. I don't see what the wires have to do with the gas valve tho. Oh
well.




"CBHvac" wrote in message
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Humm..maybe you have an open limit...a bad valve, a bad control...
How about you get a competent service person out to repair it?

"x" wrote in message
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Hmmm. Maybe the burner chamber is dirty, I'll try cleaning it.



"HeatMan" wrote in message
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Silly question, but is the gas turned on?

"x" wrote in message
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Well it's starting to get cold around here so I decided to turn the
furnace
on for the winter but it's not working properly. It only worked once
and
that was about 24 hours after I turned the thermostat up. It worked
for
about 15 minutes. Here's what's happening from my observation:

1. Thermostat calls for heat.
2. Furnace motor starts
3. Furnace makes a clicking noise and ignitor turns on
4. Furnace makes a clicking noise and ignitor turns off after 10
seconds
5. Furnace motor still running
6. Two minutes later, ignitor turns on
7. Ignitor turns off after 10 seconds
8. Repeats 5-7 and then motor shuts off.

There's nothing wrong with the ignitor, it's glowing bright orange
and
I
can
feel the heat from 15 inches away. I don't know if the gas is being
released
because the fan is too loud. It's an Amana 80. Does anyone know
what's
wrong
with it?