Gas furnace starts with a boom!
 

We have a gas furnace that intermittently, 20% of time, starts with a loud
boom, it seems the main burner doesn't always catch light from the pilot so
some gas builds up then there's a boom. The furnace is regularly serviced
and the service people have been told of the problem, they always dismantle
the burner and reassemble it but the problem remains. Aside from this the
furnace works fine.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Peter

"Peter Wells" wrote:

We have a gas furnace that intermittently, 20% of time, starts with a loud
boom, it seems the main burner doesn't always catch light from the pilot so
some gas builds up then there's a boom. The furnace is regularly serviced
and the service people have been told of the problem, they always dismantle
the burner and reassemble it but the problem remains. Aside from this the
furnace works fine.

Have any of them cleaned the pilot light oriface? My furnace did the
same thing this fall. There was nothing obviously wrong and after the
2nd or 3rd 'hard start' I was about to call a pro when I decided the
pilot flame looked a bit anemic. I cleaned a little crud out of the
pilot burner, after which the flame looked healthier, and no more
booms.


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Gas furnace starts with a boom!
 

On Tuesday, January 18, 2005 7:37:09 PM UTC-6, Peter Wells wrote:
We have a gas furnace that intermittently, 20% of time, starts with a loud boom, it seems the main burner doesn't always catch light from the pilot so some gas builds up then there's a boom. The furnace is regularly serviced and the service people have been told of the problem, they always dismantle the burner and reassemble it but the problem remains. Aside from this the furnace works fine.Any suggestions?Thanks,Peter

Peter should certainly contact the service company that did the non-working repairs and let them know that he had the problem fixed by another repair company and what the problem was. That way, the first company can offer to provide a refund. But more importantly, it gives the company a chance to educate its repair person(s) so that they don't repeat the misrepair to someone else's furnace, with perhaps more serious consequences that just loud booms.

Gas furnace starts with a boom!
 

On 10/17/2013 1:42 PM, wrote:
On Tuesday, January 18, 2005 7:37:09 PM UTC-6, Peter Wells wrote:
We have a gas furnace that intermittently, 20% of
time, starts with a loud boom, it seems the main burner
doesn't always catch light from the pilot so some gas
builds up then there's a boom. The furnace is regularly
serviced and the service people have been told of the
problem, they always dismantle the burner and reassemble
it but the problem remains. Aside from this the furnace
works fine.Any suggestions?

Thanks,Peter

Peter should certainly contact the service company
that did the non-working repairs and let them know that
he had the problem fixed by another repair company and
what the problem was. That way, the first company can
offer to provide a refund. But more importantly, it
gives the company a chance to educate its repair
person(s) so that they don't repeat the misrepair to
someone else's furnace, with perhaps more serious
consequences that just loud booms.


You think he's done anything since Jan 2005? Or maybe
the house exploded?


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