It seems the pilot in our gas furnace doesn't reliably ignite the main
burner. The upshot is that sometimes, say 1 in 4, the furnace will start
with a real boom. The furnace is regularly serviced and works fine apart
from the starting issue, I explain the problem to the tech's and they take
the burner out, look at it but don't seem to fix it. Any suggestions.

Thanks,

Peter

On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 01:37:03 GMT, "Peter Wells"
wrote:

It seems the pilot in our gas furnace doesn't reliably ignite the main
burner. The upshot is that sometimes, say 1 in 4, the furnace will start
with a real boom. The furnace is regularly serviced and works fine apart
from the starting issue, I explain the problem to the tech's and they take
the burner out, look at it but don't seem to fix it. Any suggestions.

Thanks,

Peter

As Greg said, try a different service tech.

You are getting a build up of gas before the pilot ignites the main
flame, and there are several possible causes.

I assume you have a standing (always-on) pilot? If not, you may have
a problem with your flame safety.

In any case, the tech should look for clogged burner holes in the area
of the pilot, misadjusted pilot, mispositioned pilot, and excessive
draft. In addition to cleaning the burner and orifices, they should
remove and clean the pilot assembly, since a partially clogged pilot
can reduce the pilot flame size enough to also cause this.

But get it fixed, those little explosions are hard on the furnace.

HTH,

Paul

replying to Paul Franklin, Jim wrote:



pffranklin.nospam wrote:

As Greg said, try a different service tech.
You are getting a build up of gas before the pilot ignites the main
flame, and there are several possible causes.
I assume you have a standing (always-on) pilot? If not, you may have
a problem with your flame safety.
In any case, the tech should look for clogged burner holes in the area
of the pilot, misadjusted pilot, mispositioned pilot, and excessive
draft. In addition to cleaning the burner and orifices, they should
remove and clean the pilot assembly, since a partially clogged pilot
can reduce the pilot flame size enough to also cause this.
But get it fixed, those little explosions are hard on the furnace.
HTH,
Paul


Just Repaired mine. and was this: A misaligned pilot.



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On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 01:37:03 GMT, "Peter Wells"
wrote:

It seems the pilot in our gas furnace doesn't reliably ignite the main
burner. The upshot is that sometimes, say 1 in 4, the furnace will start
with a real boom. The furnace is regularly serviced and works fine apart
from the starting issue, I explain the problem to the tech's and they take
the burner out, look at it but don't seem to fix it. Any suggestions.

Thanks,

Peter


Just let it go a while longer. You wont have to worry about you, your
family, your home or your lives. Pretty clever way to not pay for
proper service.
Regularly serviced by who?
Bubba

"Bubba" wrote in message
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On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 01:37:03 GMT, "Peter Wells"
wrote:

It seems the pilot in our gas furnace doesn't reliably ignite the main
burner. The upshot is that sometimes, say 1 in 4, the furnace will start
with a real boom. The furnace is regularly serviced and works fine apart
from the starting issue, I explain the problem to the tech's and they take
the burner out, look at it but don't seem to fix it. Any suggestions.

Thanks,

Peter


Just let it go a while longer. You wont have to worry about you, your
family, your home or your lives. Pretty clever way to not pay for
proper service.
Regularly serviced by who?
Bubba

if you have nothing useful to say, at least have something funny to say...

randy

On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 23:55:32 -0700, "xrongor"
wrote:


"Bubba" wrote in message
.. .
On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 01:37:03 GMT, "Peter Wells"
wrote:

It seems the pilot in our gas furnace doesn't reliably ignite the main
burner. The upshot is that sometimes, say 1 in 4, the furnace will start
with a real boom. The furnace is regularly serviced and works fine apart
from the starting issue, I explain the problem to the tech's and they take
the burner out, look at it but don't seem to fix it. Any suggestions.

Thanks,

Peter


Just let it go a while longer. You wont have to worry about you, your
family, your home or your lives. Pretty clever way to not pay for
proper service.
Regularly serviced by who?
Bubba

if you have nothing useful to say, at least have something funny to say...

randy


Im sorry. Are you my mother?
Blow Me randy. There. Now thats funny.
Bubba

Bubba wrote:
On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 01:37:03 GMT, "Peter Wells"

wrote:

It seems the pilot in our gas furnace doesn't reliably ignite
the
main burner. The upshot is that sometimes, say 1 in 4, the
furnace
will start with a real boom. The furnace is regularly
serviced and
works fine apart from the starting issue, I explain the
problem to
the tech's and they take the burner out, look at it but don't
seem
to fix it. Any suggestions.

Thanks,

Peter


Just let it go a while longer. You wont have to worry about
you, your
family, your home or your lives. Pretty clever way to not pay
for
proper service.
Regularly serviced by who?
Bubba

Yeah, sounds like YOU tried to fix it!

Pop

On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 09:24:35 -0500, "Pop" wrote:

Bubba wrote:
On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 01:37:03 GMT, "Peter Wells"

wrote:

It seems the pilot in our gas furnace doesn't reliably ignite
the
main burner. The upshot is that sometimes, say 1 in 4, the
furnace
will start with a real boom. The furnace is regularly
serviced and
works fine apart from the starting issue, I explain the
problem to
the tech's and they take the burner out, look at it but don't
seem
to fix it. Any suggestions.

Thanks,

Peter


Just let it go a while longer. You wont have to worry about
you, your
family, your home or your lives. Pretty clever way to not pay
for
proper service.
Regularly serviced by who?
Bubba

Yeah, sounds like YOU tried to fix it!

Pop

I guess someone squeezed Pop's head and thats all that came out? Nice
comeback Pop. Get in line. You're next to blow me.
Bubba

Peter Wells wrote:

It seems the pilot in our gas furnace doesn't reliably ignite the main
burner. The upshot is that sometimes, say 1 in 4, the furnace will start
with a real boom. The furnace is regularly serviced and works fine apart
from the starting issue, I explain the problem to the tech's and they take
the burner out, look at it but don't seem to fix it. Any suggestions.

Thanks,

Peter

My furnace did that after I cleaned it. Boom sometimes blew the furnace
door off. Got my attention immediately!

A metal channel that collected a bit of gas from each burner and led it to
the pilot was installed wrong (reversed end for end). If your problem
began after somebody was into it, you might have a similar problem.

In any case, it needs fixen'.

Roby