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How Commonly Do We Had to Have Our Furnaces Cleaned

For those people who reside in area's of the country that gets cold, it's time to think of your heating devices. With the innovation new furnaces have today there isn't much to do on them as far as setting them up for winter. In the old days (10 years earlier and previously) we were informed to have our furnaces and boilers inspected once a year. Now furnaces and boilers have electronic devices doing a lot of the work. There are just a few things that a service tech has to perform in today's furnaces and boilers as far as a "clean and check" goes.

The old days:

In the old days when a service guy (politically correct term today is "service tech" this term started about 21 years ago) when out on a "clean and check," he had all examples to do. Initially he pulled out all the burners and blew them out with co2, then he checked the heat exchanger for fractures making use of a mirror, then vacuumed up any dirt he found. He likewise altered the "thermocouple" (on a standing pilot, where the pilot flame burns all the time, the thermocouple tells the gas valve there is a pilot burner, and it's OK to open, and begin the heat series) on the "pilot burner" and burnt out the pilot light assembly to make certain it would burn clean and that the pilot flame was positioned correctly on the thermocouple, and on the burner pilot runner.

After that he pulled the blower, and if it was a belt drive blower, oiled the squirrel cage bearings, motor bearings, and inspected the belt for fractures.
On a "direct drive blower" all he needed to do was just oil the bearings on the motor.

Now all the burners are cleaned and the heat exchanger has actually been checked for cracks and everything is back in place, including the blower.On to the next step.

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Now, if the service man was worth his salt, he examines the most fundamental part of the furnace, the "limit switch". There's a restriction switch in every; gas, oil, electric, or propane furnace, or boiler.
It's major function is to switch on the blower (normally 200') and shut it off (around 110 or 100' any cooler, and you would seem like there was a draft) and the most essential task it has is to tell the "gas valve" to shut down the burners incase the blower fails. It keeps the furnace or boiler (boilers also have a "security relief valve" like warm water heating systems) from over heating and starting a fire.

Exactly what the better people did was pull the blower wire off the limit switch and start the furnace burners. With the blower wire pulled off the restriction switch, the blower cannot start, and when the furnaces gets to about 200 degrees, the burners should shut off and not relight once more till the furnaces cools and reduces it's temperature to about 140 degrees.

One of the last things, and just as crucial as inspecting the limit switch, was to inspect the "flue pipe" to make certain it, or the chimney, hasn't been obstructed by soot or birds.
It had not been unusual to discover dead birds in the flue. Some even made it into people's basements. This does not happen any longer with the new furnaces.
And the extremely last thing that was done was to look for gas leaks.

Furnaces 10 years ago to the here and now:

Today's boilers and furnaces do not require the type of attention from the service man like furnaces of the past did. On most modern furnaces all that needs to be examined is the "flame sensing unit". The furnaces of today pretty much see themselves. The burners practically never get filthy now a days since they are working in a mostly closed (80 plus furnaces are not, but the 90's are) environment. The blower, gas valve, and all the safety controls (consisting of the "restriction switch" and "blower switch" wink are run by a circuit board. The blowers are all sealed now too. They do not even need to be oiled!

So how typically do we want our boilers and furnaces checked?

It your furnace or boiler is running in an environment that has a lot of dust or animal hair, then it mite be worth it to have your furnace examined once a year. If your furnace is running in a reasonably clean environment, you can most likely get away with 2 or 3 years of not having to have to invest the cash to have a clean furnace checked.

When they spot the tiniest problem, don't forget that these new furnaces shut down. Some tech men feel the only real time for home owners to have their furnaces (remember where're talking new furnaces not the old cars) examined, is when they do not start. They don't believe the cost justifies what your getting in return.

But in the end, it's the selection of the homeowner to choose how frequently they have their heating devices examined.


With the blower wire pulled off the limitation switch, the blower can not begin, and when the furnaces gets to about 200 degrees, the burners need to shut off and not relight once more until the furnaces cools and decreases it's temperature level to about 140 degrees. Today's boilers and furnaces don't need the kind of attention from the service man like furnaces of the past did. It your furnace or boiler is running in an environment that has a lot of dust or animal hair, then it mite be worth it to have your furnace checked as soon as a year. If your furnace is running in a relatively clean environment, you can probably get away with 2 or 3 years of not having to have to invest the money to have a clean furnace examined.

Some tech guys feel the only genuine time for home owners to have their furnaces (don't forget where're talking new furnaces not the old cars) examined, is when they do not begin.

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