I have a Heil brand gas forced hot ait furnace. It comes on & heats
up, but doesn't blow hot air in the house. The blower comes on, but
usually doesn't blow very hot air.

I had a tech come out four times. He said it is heating up to the right
temp of 140 degrees. He replaced the fan control switch, and then the
electronic thermostac. It is still doing it. Now he says that we do
not have enough vents and wants to run another return.

The problem I have with that is the furnace is 10 years old and we
lived her 4 years. It was never a problem before. Until this winter
it would get very hot. I'd be swetting at 75 degrees. Now it feels
cold and damp at 75, if it even reaches that temp. I'll have it set
for 78 degrees and it will never show more than 69 or 70 at night.
During the day it gets warmer, but I think that's from the sun coming
in the windows.

Could sombody please share an opinion of what to do. It's going to
start getting colder at night here in New Jersey. Thanks.

wrote:

I have a Heil brand gas forced hot ait furnace. It comes on & heats
up, but doesn't blow hot air in the house. The blower comes on, but
usually doesn't blow very hot air.

I had a tech come out four times. He said it is heating up to the right
temp of 140 degrees. He replaced the fan control switch, and then the
electronic thermostac. It is still doing it. Now he says that we do
not have enough vents and wants to run another return.

The problem I have with that is the furnace is 10 years old and we
lived her 4 years. It was never a problem before. Until this winter
it would get very hot. I'd be swetting at 75 degrees. Now it feels
cold and damp at 75, if it even reaches that temp. I'll have it set
for 78 degrees and it will never show more than 69 or 70 at night.
During the day it gets warmer, but I think that's from the sun coming
in the windows.

Could sombody please share an opinion of what to do. It's going to
start getting colder at night here in New Jersey. Thanks.

You've probably developed some leaks in your ducts.

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wrote:
I have a Heil brand gas forced hot ait furnace. It comes on & heats
up, but doesn't blow hot air in the house. The blower comes on, but
usually doesn't blow very hot air.

I had a tech come out four times. He said it is heating up to the right
temp of 140 degrees. He replaced the fan control switch, and then the
electronic thermostac. It is still doing it. Now he says that we do
not have enough vents and wants to run another return.

The problem I have with that is the furnace is 10 years old and we
lived her 4 years. It was never a problem before. Until this winter
it would get very hot. I'd be swetting at 75 degrees. Now it feels
cold and damp at 75, if it even reaches that temp. I'll have it set
for 78 degrees and it will never show more than 69 or 70 at night.
During the day it gets warmer, but I think that's from the sun coming
in the windows.

Could sombody please share an opinion of what to do. It's going to
start getting colder at night here in New Jersey. Thanks.

" writes:

I have a Heil brand gas forced hot ait furnace. It comes on & heats
up, but doesn't blow hot air in the house. The blower comes on, but
usually doesn't blow very hot air.

I had a tech come out four times. He said it is heating up to the right
temp of 140 degrees. He replaced the fan control switch, and then the
electronic thermostac. It is still doing it. Now he says that we do
not have enough vents and wants to run another return.

The problem I have with that is the furnace is 10 years old and we
lived her 4 years. It was never a problem before. Until this winter
it would get very hot. I'd be swetting at 75 degrees. Now it feels
cold and damp at 75, if it even reaches that temp. I'll have it set
for 78 degrees and it will never show more than 69 or 70 at night.
During the day it gets warmer, but I think that's from the sun coming
in the windows.

Could sombody please share an opinion of what to do. It's going to
start getting colder at night here in New Jersey. Thanks.

Could be a lot of things. But I'd start by looking for a main trunk
of the duct system having come loose, or some significant source of
cold air infiltrating the house that wasn't there last year.

The technician appears to have ruled out most issues with the actual
furnace itself if the heat rise checks out within spec.

Best Regards,
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On 16 Dec 2006 21:26:53 -0800, "
wrote:

I have a Heil brand gas forced hot ait furnace. It comes on & heats
up, but doesn't blow hot air in the house. The blower comes on, but
usually doesn't blow very hot air.

I had a tech come out four times. He said it is heating up to the right
temp of 140 degrees. He replaced the fan control switch, and then the
electronic thermostac. It is still doing it. Now he says that we do
not have enough vents and wants to run another return.

The problem I have with that is the furnace is 10 years old and we
lived her 4 years. It was never a problem before.

I think sometimes an existing vent will shrivel up and disappear,
especially if the heating technician has more bills than money.

It's an insufficiently researched economic phenomenon.

He shouldn't have replaced the thermostat, iiuc. There was no basis
to do so. What problem was he hoping to solve by replacing the
thermostat? Let him explain that to you. If the furnace went on and
the fan went on, the old thermostat worked. Thbat's all the
thermostat is supposed to do. Right, guys?

He should reilnstall your thermostat and take that item off the bill.
If he doesn't have your themostat anymore, he should still take that
item off the bill -- unless someone here contradicts me. I guess if
he claims not to have yours anymore and insists on putting on someone
else's used thermostat, I'd take it, but only if I got 100% return of
the parts and labor that he charged you for the new thermostat. Check
with others here.

Until this winter
it would get very hot. I'd be swetting at 75 degrees. Now it feels
cold and damp at 75, if it even reaches that temp. I'll have it set
for 78 degrees and it will never show more than 69 or 70 at night.
During the day it gets warmer, but I think that's from the sun coming
in the windows.

Could sombody please share an opinion of what to do. It's going to
start getting colder at night here in New Jersey. Thanks.

wrote:

I have a Heil brand gas forced hot ait furnace. It comes on & heats
up, but doesn't blow hot air in the house. The blower comes on, but
usually doesn't blow very hot air.

I had a tech come out four times. He said it is heating up to the right
temp of 140 degrees. He replaced the fan control switch, and then the
electronic thermostac. It is still doing it. Now he says that we do
not have enough vents and wants to run another return.

The problem I have with that is the furnace is 10 years old and we
lived her 4 years. It was never a problem before. Until this winter
it would get very hot. I'd be sweating at 75 degrees. Now it feels
cold and damp at 75, if it reaches that temp. I'll have it set
for 78 degrees and it will never show more than 69 or 70 at night.
During the day it gets warmer, but I think that's from the sun coming
in the windows.

Could sombody please share an opinion of what to do. It's going to
start getting colder at night here in New Jersey. Thanks.


If the air temp is 140-F leaving the supply plenum, "then it is losing
its heat before it exits the diffusers, or it is delivering very low
airflow."
Very low airflow could cause the limit switch to shut off the gas valve;
the blower would continue to run, - the low airflow would result in an
insufficient delivery of BTUH heat to the rooms.
On colder nights continuous operation would not keep up to the rate of
the heat loss!

As long as the Room TH cycles & keeps the heat & blower on, it is NOT
the source of the problem.
The room TH has nothing to do with airflow volume or heat loss in the ducts.

Is the filter clean, is the blower wheel blades free of lint or debris,
is the evaporator coil plugged with lint?

Check the ductwork & airflow system for proper performance, for help -
read all the linked pages below. - udarrell

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Al Moran wrote:

On 16 Dec 2006 21:26:53 -0800, "
wrote:


I have a Heil brand gas forced hot ait furnace. It comes on & heats
up, but doesn't blow hot air in the house. The blower comes on, but
usually doesn't blow very hot air.

I had a tech come out four times. He said it is heating up to the right
temp of 140 degrees. He replaced the fan control switch, and then the
electronic thermostac. It is still doing it. Now he says that we do
not have enough vents and wants to run another return.

The problem I have with that is the furnace is 10 years old and we
lived her 4 years. It was never a problem before. Until this winter
it would get very hot. I'd be swetting at 75 degrees. Now it feels
cold and damp at 75, if it even reaches that temp. I'll have it set
for 78 degrees and it will never show more than 69 or 70 at night.
During the day it gets warmer, but I think that's from the sun coming
in the windows.

Could sombody please share an opinion of what to do. It's going to
start getting colder at night here in New Jersey. Thanks.



If you have 140 degrees coming out of the furnace and 69 to 70 degree
air going into the furnace then this suggests that your rise is wrong.
Most furnaces have a maximum rise of 65 degrees, yours is 70 degrees.

That doesn't sound right to me. My furnace is spec'd for 55-85 degree
rise.

If the temps you posted are indeed correct then your rise is too much.
This suggests that the system may be cycling on the high limit
control.

That doesn't sound right to me. 140 seems too low for a limit setting.
I would think something like 160-180 is more in the ballpark.

This can be caused by several things. I would suggest you
find a competent tech to diagnose it since the one you have is a parts
changer, not a tech.




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