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Apologies in advance if I'm posting this in the wrong forum (new member here)
long story short...
- my 7 yr old furnace breaks
- one of the valves on the gas valve is broken
- call repairman and he replaces the gas valve with a 'brand new' one
- $500 parts/labor
- 2 weeks pass
- furnace fails again
- gas valves aren't opening after circuit board 'clicks'
- I call a repairman (from the same company) and he comes to diagnose the problem
- says the solenoid is causing something in the gas valve to 'stick' (which he says, is common in brand new gas valves)
- he taps the gas valve with a wrench a few times
- then he looks at the connectors on the circuit board
- he says the contacts (from the circuit board) are dusty and that could be why the valve is not getting enough energy (signal) to open the valves
- we try lighting the furnace again- and now it works!
- $60 labor
- 3 weeks pass
- now having the same issue as last time (gas valves aren't opening after circuit board clicks several times)
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Does this sound like I need a new gas valve? I mean, is this common in a new gas valve where the solenoid is sticking like this? I'll be the first to admit I'm not a professional, but logic tells me that if I have something 'new' I shouldn't have to hit it like the Fonz to get it working again.
At first I was convinced that it was the contacts being dusty for why the valves didn't open but I find it VERY hard to believe that after 3 weeks my furnace doesn't work because of more dust, when the previous 7 yrs I never had touched those contacts before (i know, i know, im going to start being more mindful and get annual cleaning on my unit).
anyones thoughts on this situation?
thanks in advance!
long story short...
- my 7 yr old furnace breaks
- one of the valves on the gas valve is broken
- call repairman and he replaces the gas valve with a 'brand new' one
- $500 parts/labor
- 2 weeks pass
- furnace fails again
- gas valves aren't opening after circuit board 'clicks'
- I call a repairman (from the same company) and he comes to diagnose the problem
- says the solenoid is causing something in the gas valve to 'stick' (which he says, is common in brand new gas valves)
- he taps the gas valve with a wrench a few times
- then he looks at the connectors on the circuit board
- he says the contacts (from the circuit board) are dusty and that could be why the valve is not getting enough energy (signal) to open the valves
- we try lighting the furnace again- and now it works!
- $60 labor
- 3 weeks pass
- now having the same issue as last time (gas valves aren't opening after circuit board clicks several times)
***
Does this sound like I need a new gas valve? I mean, is this common in a new gas valve where the solenoid is sticking like this? I'll be the first to admit I'm not a professional, but logic tells me that if I have something 'new' I shouldn't have to hit it like the Fonz to get it working again.
At first I was convinced that it was the contacts being dusty for why the valves didn't open but I find it VERY hard to believe that after 3 weeks my furnace doesn't work because of more dust, when the previous 7 yrs I never had touched those contacts before (i know, i know, im going to start being more mindful and get annual cleaning on my unit).
anyones thoughts on this situation?
thanks in advance!
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