--Payneful furnace--
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Our Payne gas furnace has developed a frustrating habit of turning off
whenever the temperature drops, usually below freezing.
The thermostat still reads 'heating,' but the blower and all sense of life
is out. We reset it by turning off the power, draining the line, waiting
a few minutes, then turning it back on, and 100% of the time it restarts
immediately.

The service man cleaned off some residue around the ignitor and had us
raise the exhaust pipe outside a bit, but no change. Now they just want
to start randomly replacing parts to see if anything fixes it.

Anyplace best to start? He didn't think there could be any water in the
system or that cleaning our vents would help, but that was our best guess.

Thanks.



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On Feb 5, 6:34*pm, (3point141592)
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Our Payne gas furnace has developed a frustrating habit of turning off
whenever the temperature drops, usually below freezing. *
The thermostat still reads 'heating,' but the blower and all sense of life
is out. *We reset it by turning off the power, draining the line, waiting
a few minutes, then turning it back on, and 100% of the time it restarts
immediately.

The service man cleaned off some residue around the ignitor and had us
raise the exhaust pipe outside a bit, but no change. *Now they just want
to start randomly replacing parts to see if anything fixes it. *

Anyplace best to start? *He didn't think there could be any water in the
system or that cleaning our vents would help, but that was our best guess..

Thanks.

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Undoubtely, payne in buttocks. So it is a condensing furnace, huh? I
heard they do suck and cause PAYNE

3point141592 wrote:
--Payneful furnace--
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Our Payne gas furnace has developed a frustrating habit of turning off
whenever the temperature drops, usually below freezing.
The thermostat still reads 'heating,' but the blower and all sense of life
is out. We reset it by turning off the power, draining the line, waiting
a few minutes, then turning it back on, and 100% of the time it restarts
immediately.

The service man cleaned off some residue around the ignitor and had us
raise the exhaust pipe outside a bit, but no change. Now they just want
to start randomly replacing parts to see if anything fixes it.

Anyplace best to start? He didn't think there could be any water in the
system or that cleaning our vents would help, but that was our best guess.

Thanks.



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Hmmm,
What is diagnotic trouble code? Watch the LED light blinking on the
contro9l board.

On Feb 5, 5:34*pm, (3point141592)
wrote:
--Payneful furnace--
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Our Payne gas furnace has developed a frustrating habit of turning off
whenever the temperature drops, usually below freezing. *
The thermostat still reads 'heating,' but the blower and all sense of life
is out. *We reset it by turning off the power, draining the line, waiting
a few minutes, then turning it back on, and 100% of the time it restarts
immediately.

The service man cleaned off some residue around the ignitor and had us
raise the exhaust pipe outside a bit, but no change. *Now they just want
to start randomly replacing parts to see if anything fixes it. *

Anyplace best to start? *He didn't think there could be any water in the
system or that cleaning our vents would help, but that was our best guess..

Thanks.

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Get a pro that knows your unit, you dont want a hack that guesses and
replaces parts.

On 05 Feb 2009 23:34:34 GMT,
(3point141592) wrote:


--Payneful furnace--
-------------------------------------


Our Payne gas furnace has developed a frustrating habit of turning off
whenever the temperature drops, usually below freezing.
The thermostat still reads 'heating,' but the blower and all sense of life
is out. We reset it by turning off the power, draining the line, waiting
a few minutes, then turning it back on, and 100% of the time it restarts
immediately.

The service man cleaned off some residue around the ignitor and had us
raise the exhaust pipe outside a bit, but no change. Now they just want
to start randomly replacing parts to see if anything fixes it.

Anyplace best to start? He didn't think there could be any water in the
system or that cleaning our vents would help, but that was our best guess.

Thanks.



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Outside tank?
Your fuel is gelling. Get a can of fuel oil conditioner (or diesel
conditioner) and add it to the tank. Make sure your filter is fresh,
and DO check for water.

Also check for any minor leak in the fuel line, which will draw air if
the fuel gells or the filter is restricted. The lines MUST be ONE
HUNDRED PERCENT leak free. If you can smell furnace oil anywhere, it
is not "good enough"

You COULD also have a bad pump.

On 05 Feb 2009 23:34:34 GMT,
(3point141592) wrote:


--Payneful furnace--
-------------------------------------


Our Payne gas furnace has developed a frustrating habit of turning off
whenever the temperature drops, usually below freezing.
The thermostat still reads 'heating,' but the blower and all sense of life
is out. We reset it by turning off the power, draining the line, waiting
a few minutes, then turning it back on, and 100% of the time it restarts
immediately.

The service man cleaned off some residue around the ignitor and had us
raise the exhaust pipe outside a bit, but no change. Now they just want
to start randomly replacing parts to see if anything fixes it.

Anyplace best to start? He didn't think there could be any water in the
system or that cleaning our vents would help, but that was our best guess.

Thanks.



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OOOPS!!
You said GAS - I was thinking oil.

Disregard the previous post.

From what you describe, it needs a much better drain line
system. Of course, I could be stating the blindingly
obvious.

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Christopher A. Young
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--Payneful furnace--
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Our Payne gas furnace has developed a frustrating habit of
turning off
whenever the temperature drops, usually below freezing.
The thermostat still reads 'heating,' but the blower and all
sense of life
is out. We reset it by turning off the power, draining the
line, waiting
a few minutes, then turning it back on, and 100% of the time
it restarts
immediately.

The service man cleaned off some residue around the ignitor
and had us
raise the exhaust pipe outside a bit, but no change. Now
they just want
to start randomly replacing parts to see if anything fixes
it.

Anyplace best to start? He didn't think there could be any
water in the
system or that cleaning our vents would help, but that was
our best guess.

Thanks.



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3point141592 wrote:
--Payneful furnace--
-------------------------------------


Our Payne gas furnace has developed a frustrating habit of turning off
whenever the temperature drops, usually below freezing.
The thermostat still reads 'heating,' but the blower and all sense of
life is out. We reset it by turning off the power, draining the
line, waiting a few minutes, then turning it back on, and 100% of the
time it restarts immediately.

The service man cleaned off some residue around the ignitor and had us
raise the exhaust pipe outside a bit, but no change. Now they just
want to start randomly replacing parts to see if anything fixes it.

Anyplace best to start? He didn't think there could be any water in
the system or that cleaning our vents would help, but that was our
best guess.


This thing - the line you drain. Is that the condensate line? Is the pump
failing to pump it out? If so, there is a switch in the pump that disables the
furnace if the water reservoir doesn't empty. Fix or replace the pump. I've seen
multiple failures of the float switch in one model of these pumps.

3point141592 wrote:
--Payneful furnace--
-------------------------------------


Our Payne gas furnace has developed a frustrating habit of turning off
whenever the temperature drops, usually below freezing.
The thermostat still reads 'heating,' but the blower and all sense of
life is out. We reset it by turning off the power, draining the
line, waiting a few minutes, then turning it back on, and 100% of the
time it restarts immediately.

The service man cleaned off some residue around the ignitor and had us
raise the exhaust pipe outside a bit, but no change. Now they just
want to start randomly replacing parts to see if anything fixes it.

Anyplace best to start? He didn't think there could be any water in
the system or that cleaning our vents would help, but that was our
best guess.

Thanks.



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I hate to say this;

But Tony is correct. Find out what the error code is on the control board.
[When you power off - you're resetting the computer and losing the
information.] Find out by reading the error code blinks on the LED, then,
diagnose the problem from there the next time it fails[finding out why the
error.]

--
Zyp