You are the man! I woke up this morning to a cold house. I found your video and followed it exactly, and now my house is heating and the family can relax knowing they will have a warm house today. Thank you so much.
The heat is ON! Thanks to your calm video, clear directions, and well filmed demonstration, I was able to remove the aluminum tube from the automatic ignition assembly to the igniter, blow air through it, reattach it at both ends and voila!!! The igniter worked. The furnace is on and heating up the house. Its been a cold few months but your video got me the calm and clarity to do the repair. Deepest thanks! Theresa
Thank you so much for this video, it helped me get my ICP LP Gas Furnace working again. I followed what you did except I replaced the orfice because the flame was very weak. Everything is now working great. Thanks again. Made this 77 year old Grandpa feel useful again. Cheers!!
Thanks for the tip. I mean the test pin on the control board. Also the smart gas valve I never came across! I always learn something when I watch your videos. Thanks again for sharing .
Thank you for this. This ended up being my issue. I had to use compressed electrical cleaner/alcohol spray to fully clean mine out since blowing would not completely clear it. This saved me a $130 visit for a technician to just tell me it's not worth fixing and to buy a completely new unit.
Man I didn't know about the switch on the board that you can jump out 24 to to test it. I was hoping you would have to do that so I can see how it worked. 👍
I know one thing sir when you and I retire from this I don't know who in the hell is going to be fixing people's heating and air conditioning systems these young kids today have no work ethic or desire to do heating and air
I couldn't agree more! Most kids these days are worthless! All they give a damn about is playing on their phone. I'm only 31 and I enjoy this trade more than anything!
I have three sons and I'm training them now. My 12 year old works as hard and knows about as much as many 20 year Olds I've tried to work. It really is a sad case
I'm 27 and I am a great technician, I love doing commercial and residential service, but can somewhat agree with your comment, people around my age are typically lazy, but don't always assume that.
Very Nice call, thank you for sharing it with us. Keep them coming, your time spent videoing and editing help me tremendously with furnaces, I live in the land of heat pumps. I can’t thank you enough!!!
Your video is an excellent resource for anyone facing similar issues with their ICP gas furnace. Keep up the fantastic work, and thank you for sharing your expertise! We provide quality ICP gas furnace parts.
Ted the door to the tool compartment of your van sounds like the bookcase on Scooby-Doo. You better look out for the Miner 49er and the next crawl space. 👀👀👀👀
Everyone wants to know about that damaged wire. 😁 I just wanted to say that the cut sure looked very clean and the way the individual stranded conductors looked, it appeared to have been cut with pliers. Possibly sabotage to lower the ampacity of the wire and cause it to melt. Hopefully the homeowners understood the importance of repairing that, and let you fix it. Anyway, great video as usual. Keep 'em coming.
I see quite a few of those smart valves out there. Some of the older ones you have to shove a zip tie along side ignitor molex to keep connection. Plugged orifices definitely pretty common. There is a lot of LP around my area. Every bad smart valve I’ve seen with the diagnostic will give a solid green light indicating it’s bad. But you won’t find that in the manual or on the code list.
Ted, love your videos. I subscribe to your channel last year. We have a few things in common. I’ve been sober since 1989 and today my drink of choice is A&W root beer in a plastic bottle. I would like to see you do more repairs on Trane condenser units like leaks in the spine fin coils, changing out both the compressors in some of those older 18 and 19 Seer units, or diagnosing and start components. I’d also like to hear you explain the sequence of events on the two contactor set ups. Keep up the good work and thanks again
I have the same icp 80% furnace with a smart valve. It works but flame goes out and comes back after 1 minute. Gas valve flashes 4 times. It says open limit but i replaced my limit switch and roll out switches. Flame goes out but inducer and fan stay on. I guess it gets too hot and flame comes back on after it cools down. All vents are clear. What could cause this. Furnace was built in 2003
I've had good luck on hard to access pilots by blowing through the pilot tube with nitrogen or co2 while tapping on the pilot assembly to clean them out.
Can you/someone please help, My Heater is the same as this, it is in my Attic, the Green light flashes(Constant) the glow plug lights, Fan spins, then after about 10 seconds, it resets. Does the same thing again, then shuts down. So the glow plug is lighting but nothing comes out of the orpheus to heat my trunk. Any suggestions???
Propane is not always clean. Sometimes it leaves oily residue on parts and leaves deposits on areas exposed to combustion. These deposits build up over time and can disrupt or totally block flow. Try taking apart an old propane regulator sometime to see for yourself. I recommend good gloves, though, or your hands will wreak of propane for at least a week!