Thanks for the replies! I'm trying to break in a new computer, and having fun figuring out all my passwords and usernames, LOL.
I've dealt with HVAC guys in the past, and they all want to sell a new furnace for big bucks. Trying to find a guy who can actually troubleshoot anything is difficult. When I bought the house 10 years ago, the furnace didn't go on when it should have, and I called a local place. It took him about 10 minutes to figure out he needed to sell me a new furnace for 4k. I thought it was odd that the furnace worked fine when the inspector tested it a couple weeks before. A friend of mine who's a mechanical engineer stopped by a couple days later, looked at the furnace, unplugged a few things and plugged them back together, and told me the motor wasn't going on and I should get a replacement motor. I did and that solved the problem for $180. Having worked on cars as a hobby for 30+ years, I have little appreciation for people who can't or won't diagnose something and instead quote a big price hoping to find a sucker.
The past few weeks have been interesting with the furnace. I've begun to think the problem may lie with the thermostat. It is an older (10 years or more). round Honeywell. The weather was fairly chilly, in the 20s and below for a week, and the furnace would start up only sometimes. I would have the thermostat set at 70. and the temp in the house would get down to about 55 without the furnace starting. I carefully blew and swabbed the dust off the glass tube and rest of the insides. The past week the temps outside were in the upper 20s and lower thirties, and the furnace worked flawlessly. Inside temps were warmer, too.
Today the furnace didn't greet me with warm air in the morning, and the outside temp was 21, inside temp was upper 50s. Furnace wasn't turning on, but the inducer was running and had been running. I shut it off, and turned it back on. Within a minute the pilot came back on and lit the furnace. It'll be interesting to see if it keeps the house warm today or it it chooses to be temperamental.
Does this sound like a simple thermostat? Comments always welcome!
Thanks as always!
Vince