I have a natural gas furnace but I want to use electric heat?
Jul 28, 2008 by Jen | Posted in Maintenance & Repairs
What is sick for the environment? I have a natural gas furnace, but in my area all of our electricity comes from hydro dams. So would I be preferably off using electric heaters to go more green? We have very bitter-cold winters and they last about 5 months. I am thinking of buying some quid in electric heaters, is this a good idea? I must declare that I also want to save money as our natural gas is prosperous up in price this winter by 30%, would using energy save me money?
No, perforate with gas for now, any unused electricity from the dam will be used elsewhere. Also heating your accommodate with a high efficiency gas furnace creates nearly no befouling, its a very clean fuel. If you do want to use electric get an stirring furnace installed with a heat pump. Using small heaters will cost a fortune in your electric bill, and its bad for the locale.
Mike88 | Jul 28, 2008
Why is my natural gas furnace making buzzing sounds?
Nov 30, 2007 by Glenn | Posted in Do It Yourself (DIY)
I have a honest gas furnace and noticed that on an intermittent basis it makes a buzzing sturdy. At first the buzzing sound didn't meet with that often, but now it is happening more frequently.
The furnace will buzz for several seconds and then break. Then at some random point it will buzz again for another few seconds. This only happens with the furnace is in truth running.
The furnace is still producing heat. In fact, singly from the buzzing sound, it is working normally.
Well you got all the apt answers, now I'll try to actually held you.
Your gas furnace has a blower motor. There generally speaking is a metal access panel over the internal parts of the furnace. Next dated you hear the buzz, go to the furnace and put your hand on the panel, I'll bet it is vibrating when the blower motor is working. If it is not that panel, try a original panel.
When you find the buzz panel, you'll have to hypothecate it so it doesn't vibrate. If this doesn't fix your stimulation noise, you may be forced to call a repair man to do more investigating, but it's almost always some that gets lose when it gets warm. I would be surprised if it were not precisely a lose panel cover.
captbob552 | Nov 30, 2007
How well do gas furnace heater's work?
Nov 10, 2007 by Nickaree | Posted in Maintenance & Repairs
I'm buying my first house and it has two gas furnace heaters. Square footage is about 1100. Are they very operative? Is gas more expensive than electric? Any suggestions for what to replace the furnaces with that's not to valuable but works good?
They labour wonderful!!!! However, my natural gas bill has increased about 40 percent in the last several of years. Our furnace is about 10 years old. Today's new furnaces are more efficacious. I'M CURIOUS why would you need 2 furnaces in a line your size. My house is 2200 sq. ft. and it has just one goodly furnace (not sure of the btu's). Do you mean gas heaters? Simply curious!!!!! I would not have an electric furnace or heater so I intimate that you go with the gas appliance (heater or furnace).
shad | Nov 10, 2007
How do you install a gas furnace?
Nov 02, 2006 by James Y | Posted in Maintenance & Repairs
Is it as four-square as hooking up the gas and electric to the furnace and then hooking up the ducts and communicate? Am I missing something? I am trying to decide if I can replace my old furnace on my own. Gratefulness you.
If the furnace is correctly sized, then yes. If you are comfortable in doing the work where you are cocky that you won't have a gas leak and a drip tube exists and have penetrating wiring skills, then it's that simple. Otherwise, most people should buy the constituent through an authorized dealer and have it professionally installed. You forgot the thermostat, which also needs low voltage wiring. Where I'm perhaps more able than most, for warranty reasons, I would have the pros institute it.
enjoy_seattle | Nov 02, 2006
my gas furnace hums but will not stay running is it the transformer everything else is trying to work?
Mar 17, 2008 by Mike | Posted in Maintenance & Repairs
My gas furnace will throw out on to run for a few minutes then shut off the motor will hum like it wants to start but then cut off could lse it be the transformer . Everything else trys to run but the element just cuts off.
To agitation shoot the transformer, just go to the thermostat and find on the fan. If it works, the transformer is fine. It could be a relay that is your facer
Dean C | Mar 17, 2008
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