Coleman Furnace Pilot Light Wont stay Lit.
Mike
I have a Coleman furnace in my home,
The pilot light wont stay lit. It is a manual light.
I have had it cleaned and a new TC installed.
Funny thing is stays lit no problem if you leave the front access panel off
if you leave it on the pilot light will eventually go out..not right away but
over the course of 24hrs it will for sure...furnace is only a 1996 model
Help.
Please email me at spool...@yahoo.ca or post here.
Cheers!
Ken Mulchi
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bvirdenjr
It is possible that the pilot assembly and orifice need cleaned. Dirt will
cause what I call a lazy flame (the pilot lights ok, and stays lit, but the
right draft/backdraft and it goes out.)
Bernie
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MechAcc
There are many reasons why a Coleman standing pilot will not stay lit.
Bad gas valve, combustion air chute leakage, vent system problems ie
bird nests, combustion air pipe restricted, heat exchanger baffle
plate inside the heat exchanger not level, migration of vent gases
into the combustion air pipe, etc, etc , etc . Call a service company
that specializes in mobile home furnaces.
cbhvac
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And what, is so special about a moble home furnace??
For a tech, one is like any other...and the checks are just a bit different.
Noon-Air
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For a mobile home, the checks in the hand....not in the mail
cbhvac
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LOL...thats true alot...altho, anymore around here you never know. Some of
those places are downright expensive now...and have you seen the two story
ones??
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MechAcc
> And what, is so special about a moble home furnace??
> For a tech, one is like any other...and the checks are just a bit different.
Nothing is so special on these furnaces for a trained and experienced
service technician to fix.
On the other side have seen, as am sure you that you as well have,
hacks and homeowners that have cobbled things. Installation of
incorrect gas valves. Most mobile home valves are step opening so that
they don't blow the pilot light out. Then there is a pilot burner is a
pilot burner. So what if it doesn't position exactly as the original
it works sometimes, wrong. Then there is the one that some mobile home
park worker decided to help out by installing a Coleman roof jack
extension on an Intertherm furnace and vent system. The two may look
similar, however there is a slight difference in dimensions as
verified by the companies technical department. So called suitable
substitute parts for manufactured home furnaces are sometimes not so
suitable.
cbhvac
> >
> > And what, is so special about a moble home furnace??
> > For a tech, one is like any other...and the checks are just a bit
different.
>
>
> Nothing is so special on these furnaces for a trained and experienced
> service technician to fix.
Yup..agreed.
>
> On the other side have seen, as am sure you that you as well have,
> hacks and homeowners that have cobbled things. Installation of
> incorrect gas valves. Most mobile home valves are step opening so that
> they don't blow the pilot light out. Then there is a pilot burner is a
> pilot burner. So what if it doesn't position exactly as the original
> it works sometimes, wrong. Then there is the one that some mobile home
> park worker decided to help out by installing a Coleman roof jack
> extension on an Intertherm furnace and vent system. The two may look
> similar, however there is a slight difference in dimensions as
> verified by the companies technical department. So called suitable
> substitute parts for manufactured home furnaces are sometimes not so
> suitable.
What amazes me are the conditions we seem to find some of them in. It seems
that everyone that deals with moble homes in this area dont know jack..
I see at least one a year that should have caught fire long ago..the dust
buildup that these people allow in them is incredible. Filters?? That old
T-shirt worked good...
Recently, after seeing some of this crap from several of the local sales
offices for some big names in the biz, my electrician and I went to them and
said..look..I sell York/Coleman...you dont have a single dealer in the
area...and, for X amount of dollars, we can hook your customers up with a
service plan, and get them used to service...so far, its working fine. And
the nice thing is, now, instead of getting called out to make one of the old
units work that was ripped loose with a hacksaw, they call us to remove, and
re-setup a unit if the place is being moved, repo'ed or the like..
Maybe there is hope for one end of the trade..:)
bvirdenjr
How about this:
I get a call from a guy in a local mobile home park late one nite. Says his
furnace is less than a year old, no heat, and the contractor that installed
it won't return his call. I get in the van and head out.
When I get there, I find that the furnace is a residential 80% furnace. I
walk back out in the kitchen, and tell the guy. "Uh....you have a slight
problem here." I come to find out that the guy bought the unit at the local
hardware store, and paid a local contractor to put it in.
I explain to guy that I have to red tag the furnace, and why. He gets really
pissed about me not fixing it. Then starts threatening to sue the hardware
store, the guy that installed it, and the manufacturer. I then explained to
him that is the reason I am tagging it, I am not going to be on his "list to
sue" if his trailer burns down.
Like you said, its the hacks that make. Most of them will do anything for a
buck instead of saying "No", and walking away from the job. The guy that
installed that furnace gets me more work than any advertising I have ever
paid for.