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Had to call the installer, as everything was pointing towards the wiring, on his third attempt to wire it right, he had left the jumper in the twinner. I tried to repair it myself, as I did not want him back in my house, even though he has been in business in this town at least 10 years, he had...

New capacitor did not help as I thought it would, fashioned a long stiff wood stick out of a shim, & pressed in on the contactor, started fan & compressor, when I let go of the spring, it stopped, it was not locking in, going to order new relay.

Has anyone installed a wall surround over tile? (not the tub) The sales staff at the big box stores dont know much about them, the manuf. emails go unanswered. Most say they have never tryed it, some say, I dont see why not, with the right adhesive, I dont want to waste the time & energy, only...

I have 12 bricks to replace on fireplace, cannot find original bricks, so have to somehow copy the fieldstone impression onto flat bricks, & paint over. Any ideas on how to do this? Thanks Bob

The burner control box is the grey 3x4" box sitting to the right of the ignition module with four screws (2 to the thermostat). The initial symptom to this was a buzzing sound & no ignition to the furnace, if you put your ear close down, you could detect a small ticking sound, or arcing of the...

Update: It turns out the Burner Primary Control was bad, (668-401) was replaced with a Honeywell photo primarz ($140). The new unit is sealed, the old one comes apart with one screw on housing, visually inspected, the reset button housing is transparent acrylic, can see thru to reset button...

Bard oil furnace, F97, new nozzle & filter. however, has had 3 ignition transformers in the last 20 years. It quits, when I hit the reset, sounds like an arcing noise, I remove the transformer, clean the flame detector lense, which looks good, reinstall it, & it fires up, works good for a day...

I have a similar problem. Bard oil furnace, F97, new nozzle & filter. however, has had 3 ignition transformers in the last 20 years. It quits, when I hit the reset, sounds like an arcing noise, I remove the transformer, clean the flame detector lense, which looks good, reinstall it, & it fires...