We have a gas forced-air furnace. The blower v-belt broke tonight.
Oops. I'll get one as soon as the stores open; but, in the meantime, in
case anyone is up: can I run the furnace w/o the blower, like an old
gravity furnace? Or, to put it more precisely, how long can I run it
that way?

Thanks,
G

On Feb 5, 4:35*am, George wrote:
We have a gas forced-air furnace. *The blower v-belt broke tonight.
Oops. *I'll get one as soon as the stores open; but, in the meantime, in
case anyone is up: can I run the furnace w/o the blower, like an old
gravity furnace? *Or, to put it more precisely, how long can I run it
that way?

Thanks,
G

Dont, if you can get it repaired it should not run without the blower.

On Feb 5, 5:54*pm, Bubba wrote:
On Thu, 5 Feb 2009 02:38:08 -0800 (PST), ransley

wrote:
On Feb 5, 4:35*am, George wrote:
We have a gas forced-air furnace. *The blower v-belt broke tonight.
Oops. *I'll get one as soon as the stores open; but, in the meantime, in
case anyone is up: can I run the furnace w/o the blower, like an old
gravity furnace? *Or, to put it more precisely, how long can I run it
that way?

Thanks,
G

Dont, if you can get it repaired it should not run without the blower.

As usual ransley, you are most likely wrong again.
It has a belt drive blower so it is most likely a very old furnace.
Probably something like an old Williamson or one of the other Behemoth
furnace. You can run those day and night without a belt and not hurt
those plate steel heat exchangers. Ive seen them glowing cherry red
and still not hurt the heat exchanger one bit. Probably has the old
Honeywell limit that you can almost burn with a propane torch and not
hurt it either.
If it were a modern furnace, forget it.
When will you ever get it right, ransley?
Bubba

Im "most likely wrong" only a fool like you would give out public
info that could be harmfull. No pro I know of would just guess on what
he has and say something possibly unsafe is OK. And if I said go
ahead, you would pick the opposite side, just for for a stupid fight,
are you that lonely bubba, what no friends or family to kick anymore.
Althvac is your home, you are a hvac pro, go where your types are and
stay there.

On Feb 5, 5:54*pm, Bubba wrote:
On Thu, 5 Feb 2009 02:38:08 -0800 (PST), ransley

wrote:
On Feb 5, 4:35*am, George wrote:
We have a gas forced-air furnace. *The blower v-belt broke tonight.
Oops. *I'll get one as soon as the stores open; but, in the meantime, in
case anyone is up: can I run the furnace w/o the blower, like an old
gravity furnace? *Or, to put it more precisely, how long can I run it
that way?

Thanks,
G

Dont, if you can get it repaired it should not run without the blower.

As usual ransley, you are most likely wrong again.
It has a belt drive blower so it is most likely a very old furnace.
Probably something like an old Williamson or one of the other Behemoth
furnace. You can run those day and night without a belt and not hurt
those plate steel heat exchangers. Ive seen them glowing cherry red
and still not hurt the heat exchanger one bit. Probably has the old
Honeywell limit that you can almost burn with a propane torch and not
hurt it either.
If it were a modern furnace, forget it.
When will you ever get it right, ransley?
Bubba

Again did you help the guy, no. And this aint paying you either.

On Feb 6, 8:42*am, Bubba wrote:
On Thu, 5 Feb 2009 20:20:09 -0800 (PST), ransley





wrote:
On Feb 5, 5:54*pm, Bubba wrote:
On Thu, 5 Feb 2009 02:38:08 -0800 (PST), ransley

wrote:
On Feb 5, 4:35*am, George wrote:
We have a gas forced-air furnace. *The blower v-belt broke tonight.

On Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:54:59 -0500, Bubba
wrote:

On Thu, 5 Feb 2009 02:38:08 -0800 (PST), ransley
wrote:

On Feb 5, 4:35*am, George wrote:
We have a gas forced-air furnace. *The blower v-belt broke tonight.
Oops. *I'll get one as soon as the stores open; but, in the meantime, in
case anyone is up: can I run the furnace w/o the blower, like an old
gravity furnace? *Or, to put it more precisely, how long can I run it
that way?

Thanks,
G

Dont, if you can get it repaired it should not run without the blower.

As usual ransley, you are most likely wrong again.
It has a belt drive blower so it is most likely a very old furnace.
Probably something like an old Williamson or one of the other Behemoth
furnace. You can run those day and night without a belt and not hurt
those plate steel heat exchangers. Ive seen them glowing cherry red
and still not hurt the heat exchanger one bit. Probably has the old
Honeywell limit that you can almost burn with a propane torch and not
hurt it either.
If it were a modern furnace, forget it.
When will you ever get it right, ransley?
Bubba

I've got 4 old Bryant furnaces in my apartments.
Last year a tenant ran one of the furnaces for 2 months during heavy
heating season with the blower drive belt off.
Gravity air flow and the upper limit switch must have saved the day.
As you say, the old furnaces seemingly can go indefinitely this way.

The upper limit is one of those surface mount thermo-disk types,
basically the same as a water heater thermostat. Since those go
through thousands of operational cycles, I guess these upper limit
switches can too.

I went over to do a non-related repair, heard the furnace burner on
and never heard the blower. The motor mount had loosened, the motor
shifted and the belt slipped off the pulley. After 5 minutes I had the
problem solved.

I asked the tenant about it and she said "Oh, it's always been that
way. The place is just very slow heating up."

I gotta get out of this rental biz....

Doug

On Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:54:59 -0500, Bubba
wrote:

On Thu, 5 Feb 2009 02:38:08 -0800 (PST), ransley
wrote:

On Feb 5, 4:35*am, George wrote:
We have a gas forced-air furnace. *The blower v-belt broke tonight.
Oops. *I'll get one as soon as the stores open; but, in the meantime, in
case anyone is up: can I run the furnace w/o the blower, like an old
gravity furnace? *Or, to put it more precisely, how long can I run it
that way?

Thanks,
G

Dont, if you can get it repaired it should not run without the blower.

As usual ransley, you are most likely wrong again.
It has a belt drive blower so it is most likely a very old furnace.
Probably something like an old Williamson or one of the other Behemoth
furnace. ...

Not that it will probably help anything here; but, if it matters, the
furnace in question is a Bryant 'Quietline'. It was here when we bought
the house in '90.

G

"George" wrote in message
...
We have a gas forced-air furnace. The blower v-belt broke tonight.
Oops. I'll get one as soon as the stores open; but, in the meantime, in
case anyone is up: can I run the furnace w/o the blower, like an old
gravity furnace? Or, to put it more precisely, how long can I run it
that way?

Thanks,
G

I'd not do it as it can overheat the heat exchanger even with a high limit
switch. OTOH, I'd be tempted to rig a fan somehow to get me through the
night.

On Feb 5, 4:55*am, "Ed Pawlowski" wrote:
"George" wrote in message

...

We have a gas forced-air furnace. *The blower v-belt broke tonight.
Oops. *I'll get one as soon as the stores open; but, in the meantime, in
case anyone is up: can I run the furnace w/o the blower, like an old
gravity furnace? *Or, to put it more precisely, how long can I run it
that way?

Thanks,
G

I'd not do it as it can overheat the heat exchanger even with a high limit
switch. *OTOH, I'd be tempted to rig a fan somehow to get me through the
night.

Him just asking that question, shows he thinks unsafe and should not
even touch his old clunker furnace. One night, electric blanket and a
hat could have him dreaming its summer out he will be so warm.

On Feb 5, 8:20*am, ransley wrote:
On Feb 5, 4:55*am, "Ed Pawlowski" wrote:





"George" wrote in message

.. .

We have a gas forced-air furnace. *The blower v-belt broke tonight.
Oops. *I'll get one as soon as the stores open; but, in the meantime, in
case anyone is up: can I run the furnace w/o the blower, like an old
gravity furnace? *Or, to put it more precisely, how long can I run it
that way?

Thanks,
G

I'd not do it as it can overheat the heat exchanger even with a high limit
switch. *OTOH, I'd be tempted to rig a fan somehow to get me through the
night.

Him just asking that question, shows he thinks unsafe and should not
even touch his old clunker furnace. One night, electric blanket and a
hat could have him dreaming its summer out he will be so warm.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Hot water bottles (electric kettle) all round; and snuggle with extra
blankets or coats on the bed! Can be fun! :-)

On Thu, 5 Feb 2009 05:03:52 -0800 (PST), terry
wrote:

On Feb 5, 8:20Â*am, ransley wrote:
On Feb 5, 4:55Â*am, "Ed Pawlowski" wrote:





"George" wrote in message

.. .

We have a gas forced-air furnace. Â*The blower v-belt broke tonight.
Oops. Â*I'll get one as soon as the stores open; but, in the meantime, in
case anyone is up: can I run the furnace w/o the blower, like an old
gravity furnace? Â*Or, to put it more precisely, how long can I run it
that way?

Thanks,
G

I'd not do it as it can overheat the heat exchanger even with a high limit
switch. Â*OTOH, I'd be tempted to rig a fan somehow to get me through the
night.

Him just asking that question, shows he thinks unsafe and should not
even touch his old clunker furnace. One night, electric blanket and a
hat could have him dreaming its summer out he will be so warm.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Hot water bottles (electric kettle) all round; and snuggle with extra
blankets or coats on the bed! Can be fun! :-)
That's what a WIFE is for.

On Thu, 5 Feb 2009 03:20:17 -0800 (PST), ransley
wrote:

One night, electric blanket and a
hat could have him dreaming its summer out he will be so warm.

I have an electric blanket and the numbers go from one to nine or ten.

Even 2 is too hot. 1.5 is about all I can stand.

Definitely can live without a furnace for one night in most of the
world.

Ed Pawlowski wrote:
"George" wrote in message
...
We have a gas forced-air furnace. The blower v-belt broke tonight.
Oops. I'll get one as soon as the stores open; but, in the meantime, in
case anyone is up: can I run the furnace w/o the blower, like an old
gravity furnace? Or, to put it more precisely, how long can I run it
that way?

Thanks,
G

I'd not do it as it can overheat the heat exchanger even with a high limit
switch. OTOH, I'd be tempted to rig a fan somehow to get me through the
night.

Hi,
Better half's Nylon panty will do, LOL.

On Thu, 05 Feb 2009 05:35:54 -0500, George wrote:

We have a gas forced-air furnace. The blower v-belt broke tonight.
Oops. I'll get one as soon as the stores open; but, in the meantime, in
case anyone is up: can I run the furnace w/o the blower, like an old
gravity furnace? Or, to put it more precisely, how long can I run it
that way?

Thanks to all. I got a belt at 7:00, back in business. I just boiled
some water on the stove, with a fan blowing out from the kitchen to
spread the heat around. It didn't get as cold as I thought it would.

G

"George" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 05 Feb 2009 05:35:54 -0500, George wrote:

We have a gas forced-air furnace. The blower v-belt broke tonight.
Oops. I'll get one as soon as the stores open; but, in the meantime, in
case anyone is up: can I run the furnace w/o the blower, like an old
gravity furnace? Or, to put it more precisely, how long can I run it
that way?

Thanks to all. I got a belt at 7:00, back in business. I just boiled
some water on the stove, with a fan blowing out from the kitchen to
spread the heat around. It didn't get as cold as I thought it would.

G

I love stories that have happy endings. Glad it worked out OK

I hope you bought two belts, and left the spare laying on
the floor inside the furnace housing (or hung on a nail near
the furnace). For next time.

Glad you found an alternate heat source.

--
Christopher A. Young
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"George" wrote in message
...

Thanks to all. I got a belt at 7:00, back in business. I
just boiled
some water on the stove, with a fan blowing out from the
kitchen to
spread the heat around. It didn't get as cold as I thought
it would.

G

On Feb 5, 5:35*am, George wrote:
We have a gas forced-air furnace. *The blower v-belt broke tonight.
Oops. *I'll get one as soon as the stores open; but, in the meantime, in
case anyone is up: can I run the furnace w/o the blower, like an old
gravity furnace? *Or, to put it more precisely, how long can I run it
that way?

Thanks,
G

If the wife unit has any pantyhose, see if she'll donate and old pair
to the cause. Same as a "field repair" of a broken fan belt on your
car.

nate