Atwood 8500-IV furnace problem
Need a little help. We have a 2005 National Sea Breeze LX with an Atwood Hydro Flame 8500-IV series furnace. The furnace has been causing us problems for some time and hoping someone can offer some ...
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Chris Bryant wrote:
Y'all can talk about the thermostat as much as you want, but I could replace it with a Morse code key and key the unabridged Oxford English Dictionary and not trip that breaker. This furnace is not an air conditioner. Short cycling cannot and will not cause excessive current draw- certainly not (at 15 amps) nearly double the rated draw (8 amps).
When you have a system that does not work, and you know there is a fault, you fix that fault before anything else. Now I wouldn't do anything before actually measuring the current draw of the motor, but there really is not that much more that it could be.
Thanks for the insight Chris. My next move is to check the draw of the blower motor and see what that give me.
Carl
