| Your gas furnace is not heating. You know that is | | | | again. If the problem was temporary, like low |
| has power because the lights are blinking showing | | | | voltage, or low gas pressure the furnace may |
| you some kind of weird code. But it is getting | | | | light up and be fine. |
| colder by the minute and you wonder if there is | | | | If the furnace stops during the lighting cycle then |
| anything that you can do. Here are some basic | | | | you may have other issues and will need to look |
| things that the homeowner can check. | | | | into the problem further with the help of a |
| The lights blink a crazy combination of on and off | | | | professional. Of course you need to make sure |
| sequences. The furnace is trying to talk to you. | | | | that your flue is not blocked or that the filter in |
| The problem is that you don't understand the | | | | the furnace is clean. These things are common |
| language. The language of the furnace can be | | | | causes of problems and can easily be fixed. |
| very confusing if you do not know what the | | | | These are the first basic steps to trouble shooting |
| problems that the furnace is trying to tell you | | | | your furnace problem. To check out the problem |
| through the flashing codes is. | | | | further you may need some specialized tools to |
| Before running to the phone to call the heater | | | | find out where the problem lies. |
| guy to decipher the codes there are some thing | | | | Make sure that you at least try these things |
| that you should check. First and most important | | | | before calling a professional to save yourself the |
| make sure that the power is on to the furnace. If | | | | expense of a service call that is only a couple of |
| there are no lights flashing on the circuit board | | | | minutes long and makes your feel like you are |
| that is a good indication that you probably have a | | | | paying the guy to bush a button and run again. |
| power problem. | | | | Believe me when I tell you this. There have been |
| Now that you know that there is power, recycle | | | | many calls that I have had that were just a |
| the power on and off. This will often reset the | | | | matter of recycling the power and then leaving |
| brain of the furnace and wipe out the problem so | | | | the bill. Do not let this happen to you! |
| that it will try to go through the startup cycle | | | | |