My Carrier central-heating furnace (circa 2000) went out right before spring. We've just left it alone for the past six months but now that fall is around the corner, it's time to look at it again.
The issue is that the when you turn it on, the igniter doesn't start. I've read this can be everything from a faulty igniter to a faulty controller to the unit simply needing a reset.
Ours is tucked away in the attic, so it's a bit of a process to go check it out. I've seen videos on identifying the error codes, so I know we have to do that. For the reset part, I wasn't quite sure how to do that. I downloaded the manual and I didn't see anything about an on/off switch. Is it a breaker? I didn't see a label for it, but I'm just a very low-level DIY person, I could be missing something.
So I guess I wanted to see how I could do that before either hiring someone or doing some other deeper work that could potentially kill myself.
Any other low-hanging fruit worth looking at now?
Also, we did have a power outage over the summer. Would that effectively reset the furnace? And if so, does the fact that it still doesn't work nullify the "reset the darn thing" possibility?
Thanks!
Posted by: bigmikechen@yahoo.com
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