"V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me!" (v8demon)
02/04/2017 at 09:12 • Filed to: None
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"V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me!" (v8demon)
02/04/2017 at 09:12 • Filed to: None | 0
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I’ve been up all night..... Finally figured it was something electrical and called the company I have the service contract with and gave them what info I had. Took them all of 10 minutes after that. It was just the main floor luckily. The basement has it’s own zone so I cranked that up last night. Figures it happens on the coldest night of the year.....
I’ve had the following on loop while waiting this morning....
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> V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me!
02/04/2017 at 10:46 |
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When we moved into this house, I kind of started learning about the gas furnace and how to keep it running. The second winter after moving in, we had a problem with the flame sensor, so I learned how to keep it cleaned, and how to shut off and restart the furnace anytime it failed.
Around 2010 or 2011, we awoke on a brutally cold Sunday morning to discover that the furnace wasn’t running, and the usual flame sensor fix didn’t change anything. Having watched the ignition process a number of times, I finally realized the ignition coil wasn’t heating up, and discovered a hairline crack.
Problem identified, I set out to get it fixed...but furnace parts are a difficult thing to find on a Sunday morning. I called around to a few places, explained that I’d figured the problem out and just needed a part. Two places wanted to charge me a trip charge and diagnostic fee to sell me the part, and no one else had them. I wasn’t about to pay $175 for a $25 part.
I ended up getting a space heater for the rest of the night and finding a warehouse the next day that stocked the part. I think I paid $60 for it, but did find another place that stocked them for $20 after I had the problem fixed.