| Gas furnace update [message #190895] |
Tue, 20 November 2012 18:51  |
C Boyd
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My friend Wally and wife came by for haircuts today and since he is the heat/AC supervisor at UT how about lookin at my furnace while you are here. I asked him about pressurizing the exhaust to check heat exchanger for a leak, after a couple of shut up and listen comments I learned I would have to cap off the inlet from the fan. Meant taking that 38 year old hose and clamp off and plugging it, said to use less than 1 lb to soap or pull a vacuum with a hand pump and see if it will hold, but probably a waste of time trying to get a good seal, I suggested plummers puty and a rubber plug with a port... Got another shut up and listen.. "The furnace works good, go to muffler shop and have extensions made and install it right, fire it up and see what happens with the detector."
So I got the other one out and mine back in with the extensions the muffler shop provided free of charge. Lynn said " life and death jobs are free." Tomorrow I will have to enlongate the intake hole in the coach to align properly. It would have never aligned as is.
Thank you all for your help and concerns.. If you don`t have a carbon monoxide detector, please get one.. It is the only way you will know...
C. Boyd
76 Crestmont
East Tennessee
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| Re: Gas furnace update [message #191008 is a reply to message #190895] |
Wed, 21 November 2012 16:11  |
C Boyd
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I finished fitting the holes in the coach for the furnace and installed the extensions, flanges, and grills today. Test fired the furnace and noticed the combustion noise was quieter since I got the exhaust pipe outside. Carbon Monoxide detector was quiet and flashed green.
C. Boyd
76 Crestmont
East Tennessee
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| Re: [GMCnet] Gas furnace update [message #191013 is a reply to message #191008] |
Wed, 21 November 2012 17:20 |
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USAussie
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Location: Sydney, Australia
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Chuck,
That's good news!
Frankly I find it ludicrous that whoever installed the furnace didn't do it properly in the first place!
Hopefully the amount of CO and CO2 you and Cat have taken in since you've owned the coach hasn't caused health issues that haven't
shown up yet.
Regards,
Rob M.
-----Original Message-----
From: Charles Boyd
I finished fitting the holes in the coach for the furnace and installed the extensions, flanges, and grills today. Test fired the
furnace and noticed the combustion noise was quieter since I got the exhaust pipe outside. Carbon Monoxide detector was quiet and
flashed green.
C. Boyd
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Rob M. (USAussie)
The Pedantic Mechanic
Sydney, Australia
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