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  1. 10-22-2012, 11:29 AM #1
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    RUN AWAY FURNACE !

    Guys.,headed out tomorrow on a 3yr old Goodman furnace that customer said was running when she got home after work,temp 105 degrees in house. She says she caught it once earlier this year acting "funny". May be an intermittent problem. Any thoughts if not obvious?
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  2. 10-22-2012, 11:35 AM #2
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cosmicmuffin View Post
    Guys.,headed out tomorrow on a 3yr old Goodman furnace that customer said was running when she got home after work,temp 105 degrees in house. She says she caught it once earlier this year acting "funny". May be an intermittent problem. Any thoughts if not obvious?
    First thing I would do it install a digital stat, then set the temp. limit at the stat for heat, you can do this with a simple Honeywell FocusPro 5000. If this don't help, you might have the red stat wire trickling to the white somewhere from the furnace to the stat.
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  3. 10-22-2012, 01:53 PM #3
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    Mr. Bill is on the right track. Sounds like a thermostat program/malfunction issue or a low volt short.
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    i would say R is touching W
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    Could be a white Rogers t-stat.
    They like to do that...
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  6. 10-22-2012, 08:44 PM #6
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    I have seen this happen with w/r thermostats when the batteries go dead. I also had a humidistat bringing on the heat due to being miswired. Maybe something to check, good luck!
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    change the batteries. happened at my house a couple years back
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  8. 10-23-2012, 01:25 AM #8
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    mr bill...... after 14thousand posts......the red wire????? and the white wire?????

    OMFG......

    im in trouble cause i only got a white and a black wire.....I dunno whAT to do?


    Please, Please Please......keep the Factory Smoke in the Wires!!!!!


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    Quote Originally Posted by BigBacardi View Post
    mr bill...... after 14thousand posts......the red wire????? and the white wire?????

    OMFG......

    im in trouble cause i only got a white and a black wire.....I dunno whAT to do?
    WELL, WHEN YOUR SOMEWHERE BETWEEN HERE AND THERE, i CAN SEE WHY YOU MIGHT USE THE BACK WIRE FOR HEAT, WAS THERE A MESSAGE HERE? Go have another Rum and Coke you will figure it out. What does post count have to do with anything? Obammy has been the President for 4 years and still don't know which end is up.
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  10. 10-29-2012, 07:15 AM #10
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    Replaced thermostat..,no further call backs!
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  11. 10-23-2012, 07:07 PM #11
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    The Red and White are the obvious..,the Factory Rep. says to check the gas valve.,will let all know soon!
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    Was it a w/r touchscreen? Mine did the same thing. Replaced my stat and also added mechanical stat in return (to open "w"). No more problems.
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  13. 11-01-2012, 07:01 PM #13
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    Probly a LUX or Hunter t-stat, go for the gold with a honeywell brand or WR.
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