My furnace's electric ignition sparks continuously but won't light the
gas... unless I blow on it! Then, as soon as I blow on it, the gas
lights and the furnace works fine. However, this never lasts long.
Once the gas turns off, it's the same problem all over again. The
ignition sparks but won't light. It will ignite if I blow on it (was
just an accident that I blew on it but it worked.)

Thoughts, anyone? My landlord can't figure it out either.

Thanks,
*m

Sneaky Mandy wrote:
My furnace's electric ignition sparks continuously but won't light the
gas... unless I blow on it! Then, as soon as I blow on it, the gas
lights and the furnace works fine. However, this never lasts long.
Once the gas turns off, it's the same problem all over again. The
ignition sparks but won't light. It will ignite if I blow on it (was
just an accident that I blew on it but it worked.)

Thoughts, anyone? My landlord can't figure it out either.

Thanks,
*m

Hi,
Once gas is lit, is the flame good? I mean normal.
You may have improper gas flow of the ginitor is positioned wrong.

yes, once it's lit, it's fine... i have my upstairs neighbor's furnace
next to it with which to compare, runs just great. only problem comes
when it hits the set temperature and winds down. when the temp falls
in the house and the thermometer tells it to kick in, if i'm not there
to blow on it (which clearly i'm not), the ignition will fire
indefinitely and the gas won't light.


Tony Hwang wrote:
Sneaky Mandy wrote:
My furnace's electric ignition sparks continuously but won't light the
gas... unless I blow on it! Then, as soon as I blow on it, the gas
lights and the furnace works fine. However, this never lasts long.
Once the gas turns off, it's the same problem all over again. The
ignition sparks but won't light. It will ignite if I blow on it (was
just an accident that I blew on it but it worked.)

Thoughts, anyone? My landlord can't figure it out either.

Thanks,
*m

Hi,
Once gas is lit, is the flame good? I mean normal.
You may have improper gas flow of the ginitor is positioned wrong.

Sneaky Mandy wrote:
yes, once it's lit, it's fine... i have my upstairs neighbor's furnace
next to it with which to compare, runs just great. only problem comes
when it hits the set temperature and winds down. when the temp falls
in the house and the thermometer tells it to kick in, if i'm not there
to blow on it (which clearly i'm not), the ignition will fire
indefinitely and the gas won't light.


Tony Hwang wrote:

Sneaky Mandy wrote:

My furnace's electric ignition sparks continuously but won't light the
gas... unless I blow on it! Then, as soon as I blow on it, the gas
lights and the furnace works fine. However, this never lasts long.
Once the gas turns off, it's the same problem all over again. The
ignition sparks but won't light. It will ignite if I blow on it (was
just an accident that I blew on it but it worked.)

Thoughts, anyone? My landlord can't figure it out either.

Thanks,
*m


Hi,
Once gas is lit, is the flame good? I mean normal.
You may have improper gas flow of the ginitor is positioned wrong.


Hi,
Try to adjust the position of ignitor so it can be closer to the gas
stream. You are blowing to direct the gas to the spark I think.

Sneaky Mandy posted for all of us...

My furnace's electric ignition sparks continuously but won't light the
gas... unless I blow on it! Then, as soon as I blow on it, the gas
lights and the furnace works fine. However, this never lasts long.
Once the gas turns off, it's the same problem all over again. The
ignition sparks but won't light. It will ignite if I blow on it (was
just an accident that I blew on it but it worked.)

Thoughts, anyone? My landlord can't figure it out either.

Thanks,
*m


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