Yet another furnace question
I've read a lot of threads on furnaces, but haven't come across one like this. Naturally the furnace worked fine last winter, but now that I'm actually camping in the RV it's decided to act up.
It will work normally every time on a cold start up. Fan runs for a bit, ignition fires, warmth ensues, it shuts off when it reaches the desired temp. The issue is when it restarts.
It first started doing it last weekend. In the middle of the night it felt cold. I heard the furnace "click" when the thermostat called for heat, but it didn't do anything. After shutting it off and turning it back on with the ON/OFF switch at the T-stat it fired up and was fine for the rest of the night.
This morning, however, it wouldn't fire up. I would shut it off and turn it back on, hear it click, but no fan.
I took the cover off and spun the fan with a long screwdriver. It seemed okay. I then turned it back on. The fan ran for less than a second. Shut off. It tried again by itself - fan ran for less than a second, shut off. I shut the switch off and turned it back on. It did the same thing. On the third try the fan ran as it should, burner fired up and we were off to the races.
So....failing fain?
It will work normally every time on a cold start up. Fan runs for a bit, ignition fires, warmth ensues, it shuts off when it reaches the desired temp. The issue is when it restarts.
It first started doing it last weekend. In the middle of the night it felt cold. I heard the furnace "click" when the thermostat called for heat, but it didn't do anything. After shutting it off and turning it back on with the ON/OFF switch at the T-stat it fired up and was fine for the rest of the night.
This morning, however, it wouldn't fire up. I would shut it off and turn it back on, hear it click, but no fan.
I took the cover off and spun the fan with a long screwdriver. It seemed okay. I then turned it back on. The fan ran for less than a second. Shut off. It tried again by itself - fan ran for less than a second, shut off. I shut the switch off and turned it back on. It did the same thing. On the third try the fan ran as it should, burner fired up and we were off to the races.
So....failing fain?
