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Furnace Failure...UGH!
That's true about googling for repair parts and directions. I got a repair
manual for my maytag refrigerator ice maker online and was able to take it apart and fix it. K Barrett "Pat Brennan" wrote in message ... Hey Gene, For what it is worth, I have 4 lp units here; one Dayton and 3 Modines. They have given me no more problems than the oil units, boiler, or heat pumps we also use. The Dayton is pushing 15 years old, well maybe already pushed it but who is counting. They all use greenhouse air for combustion and are power vented. Try and figure out why the fan failed. There is most likely some underlying cause, these things should not fail in only 4 years. The heater might be cheap junk. The heater might be of bad design, but easily modified. Your installation may be making the fan unit more vulnerable than need be. Water is not your friend here, watch for condensation paths. Dirt buildup on the fan may have caused the failure and now you know the fans must be cleaned every so often. Or the failure might just be a fluke, a bearing damaged in shipping could take years to fail. As you have a better understanding why the fan failed, the repair/replace decision may be clearer. I have had good luck doing Goggle searches on furnace part numbers. I can often find the part at 30 to 50 percent off Grainger prices. More than once the repair part deal has been found on eBay. Pat "Gene Schurg" wrote in message news:9yh0g.413$_s5.104@trnddc04... I appreciate all the comments. I'm still not sure what I want to do at this point. The Southern Burner sounds great that it works without any electricity but I would need at least two of them since they have lower BTU output and I would also have to bring gas into another area of the GH which would be a pain in the butt. They also are only floor model and like Ray said that takes valuable plant space. The Graingers catalog was interesting but they didn't carry parts for Modine There is a local parts distributor for Modine that sells to the HVAC trade. If I decide to fix the POS that I have now I would probably do that. I am afraid that I will fix this one and worry all next winter that it might break again. I'm thinking about a new unit but am unsure what I'll get. I'll check out the Reznor site. I'm still open to more suggestions. Good Growing, Gene |
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Furnace Failure...UGH!
On Sun, 16 Apr 2006 10:25:21 -0700 in K Barrett wrote:
That's true about googling for repair parts and directions. I got a repair manual for my maytag refrigerator ice maker online and was able to take it apart and fix it. Worth mentioning. There are people in this world that should not attempt repairing things his or her self. There are other people that toss all rational thought to the wind when electricity or gas are thrown into the mix. If you are one of those people, you need to 1) Find a good HVAC technician/firm. 2) Establish a working relationship with the folks that do your HVAC work. I think the original poster found one of the firms where extortion is a part of their business plan. I'd suggest asking for repair estimates from a couple other firms before replacing the whole thing. -- Chris Dukes tajwerk this job isnt bad though. Today we had free breakfast and B0rg implants. |
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