Sunday, October 19, 2008

When All Else Fails...(the furnace wouldn't come on!)


When all else fails, make sure there is not a mummified bird in your furnace! We had turned the furnace on a few times and it had run just fine...but not this week! Friday night, we went to turn it on and it would not stay running the first time. So we flipped the braker and tried again...this time, just the motor ran, nothing else. So we called Dad for advice. Charles blew on a few hoses and ended up cutting one of the air pipes that went outside in case it was blocked. Eventually, even the motor, which had had a whirring sound, wouldn't even come on. Charles unhooked it to see if he could figure out the problem. Then I heard "Oh man..get me a paper towel!" He came out a mnute later with this. Dad was right all along, there was a blockage in the line! So, when all else fails, and before you call the service man, make sure there is not a mummified bird in your motor!

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