Heating Repair Boise

Heating Repair – Operation

For this heating repair Boise we are going to talk about how a gas furnace works.  Then what to do if it doesn’t!  When we turn on our gas furnace we just expect that it will heat.  We will talk today about how it gives us that heat.  When your thermostat turns on it sends a signal to the furnace for heat.  The control board then turns on the inducer motor.  This motor is designed to mix air and gas together so that it burns cleanly.   It also pushes the gas through the heat exchanger and out the flue.  When this motor starts it closes a vacuum switch, which in turn sends a signal that the inducer did start.  Now the board tells the igniter to light so that the gas will be ignited.  and gas valve to activate.  The gas is then lit.  All of the burners light then the flame sensor sends a final signal to the control board to let it know all is OK.

Heating Repair Boise

If any of this fails to happen the furnace will shut itself off for safety reasons.  You now have a heating repair Boise situation.  To trouble shoot a heating repair we simply watch the steps above until one of them fail and then find out why.  For example if the gas does not light then we would be looking at, was there gas?  Is the igniter working, has it gone bad?  Obviously it is a bit more complicated than that but the general idea is the same. Often times we can even diagnose your heating repair over the phone just by having a customer tell us what happens and when.  We have literally repaired hundreds of furnaces over the phone saving homeowners hundreds of dollars.  Sometimes your heating repair Boise is nothing more than a dirty flame sensor or clogged filters.

So if you have a heating repair Boise, call the experts at Value Heating Inc.  We will get you back up and running for as little cost as possible.  We strive to give you “Affordable Comfort”.

typical gas valve

inducer motor