Should I or can I clean out the venturi box ? Seems to have alittle rust particles
wanted to clean out with a vac. How do you get the box open? This is on a Bryant Plus 90 . I’ll answer any questions any may have, If I can Thanks
Should I or can I clean out the venturi box ? Seems to have alittle rust particles
wanted to clean out with a vac. How do you get the box open? This is on a Bryant Plus 90 . I’ll answer any questions any may have, If I can Thanks
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venturi box?
Rust in a furnace is never good, sometimes it's no big deal, sometimes it can indicate a major condensation/heat exchanger problem.
Do you mean the box with the glass viewing port that you can see the burners and flames through? Is it at the top or bottom of the heat exchanger area?
"A little?" One man's little is another man's "Whoa!"
this would be the top of the heat exchanger , the box with the little hole to see the flame through. It has a sticker on it that says box must be closed except for service
what service ? the heat exchanger is just fine with no cracks( I know this because I had to take apart the front to replace the gasket on the secondary heat exchanger, leaked water from broken fitting) I also would like to know where to check co2 level - outside or inside. thanks
Years ago, I used to service my own furnace.Now that I know a a fair amount about them, I have a trained service tech do it.Rust at the top of the heat exchange indicates something serious is likely: there just isn't supposed to be any moisture up there.Do you know what you're looking for when you're looking for cracks?
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YES I DO KNOW WHAT TO LOOK FOR RE: CRACKS WHAT TYPE OF THINGS DID YOU
DO WHEN YOU SERVICED YOUR FURNACE( BESIDES CLEAN OR REPLACE FILTERS,
CHECK THE AIR FLOW IN EACH ROOM ECT.) TRYING TO SAVE THE MONEY BY NOT
CALLING SOMEONE. I USED TO DO HVAC , IF SOME OF THE GUYS THAT I WORKED
WITH CAN DO IT , IAM SURE I CAN TOO. (I DID MOSTLY NEW CONSTRUCTION
INSTALL)
How do you plan on checking for co2?
The reason I asked is that you were asking about how to check for CO2. CO and O2 are the key measurements.I don't know of any web published versions of the CO Safety Analysis Protocol, you can get an idea of what is involved from this older, since modifed version: http://home.att.net/~cobusters1/coprotocol.htm>> IF SOME OF THE GUYS THAT I WORKED WITH CAN DO IT , IAM SURE I CAN TOO. Unfortunately, there are a lot of guys (at least in in my area) who think they can do it, and think they know what they're talking about, but can't and don't.>>I DID MOSTLY NEW CONSTRUCTION INSTALLObviously, I don't know anything about you or your skills and experience, so I don't intend this as any sort of comment on you, but I see some pretty bad installs at times, and personally would not hire someone with only that experience to service my furnace.As in all of the trades, there is "book learning" and there is learning from experience. I get to see some good HVAC techs do their thing from time to time and am in awe at what they bring to the table, experience-wise (which is why I try to go out when they're called out to fix something I've called.)
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Iam sorry I didnt mean to sound like I took something the wrong way that you said . I know that there are alot of precautions to hvac , I should have mentioned that Iam a firefighter and have acess to a five gas meter, includes co2. I agree with you that there are alot of bad HVAC techs here too. Some are quite good and know much more than I do. I got out of HVAC because I didnt find it challanging enough, became a carpenter. I just consider myself to be quite handy and wanted to save money and see if I could do it myself. If you want to talk bad installs you should see the duct work in my house!!!