When to replace a furnace?
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Comments (4)Crown does indeed make forced air furnaces. I installed one of them in my home last autumn. Mine is a CLBR 68-112. It's a lowboy rear-flue furnace. I chose that configuration because... - the clean-out ports are very easy to get to. There's no flue or filter rack to get in the way. The cabinet door opens easily and provides plenty of access. - The exhaust flue passes through the return airflow. This preheats the air a bit before it reaches the heat exchanger, improving efficiency. Although the website lists an AFUE of 81%, the little yellow federal efficiency sticker that shipped with mine lists 84.7%. You can get more info here... http://www.crownboiler.com/products/warm_oil/index.asp Things I like about my furnace... - Cabinet has a good paint job and is quiet - no rattles. - The cabinet is also well insulated so it's cool to the touch. - Furnace uses standard controls so parts are easy to find. - Wiring and controls are easy to service. - Blower slides out - so it's easy to service, too. - Can handle a 4 Ton AC if I want it. - Heat exchanger is welded 13 gauge steel - no crimps. Things I don't like... - Least sophisticated Honeywell burner control. - Supplied barometric damper is junk. - Despite what online literature says, levelling legs are NOT included. - Filter door is a tight fit, making it a bit difficult to remove. - Blower motor uses more power than I would like. After six months of trouble-free toasty heat, I can recommend the Crown. Peace. Marco...See Moreair bubbles in furnace
Comments (14)Here's my theory. Oil being returned to the tank is causing turbulence and bubbling. Depending on the level of oil in the tank your supply tube is picking up these bubbles. After a certain amount of time the bubbles collect in the pump housing and you have to bleed again. The return line should terminate right at the top inside the tank and with a verticle tank picking up oil from the bottom the bubbles never reach the supply tube. You have a horizontal tank only 27 inches deep so the bubbles in the returned oil are shooting right to the bottom. Just a theory mind you. OK what to do? Pull the by pass plug in the pump, plug the return port and make it a one pipe system with the minimum connections. Spend a few bucks and have a vacuum guage installed in the bleeder port of your filter so you can monitor the operation of your burner. With totally tight lines the guage should stay in a vacuum even with the system off....See MoreBroken Carrier A/C-Recs on Replacing Coil or Upgrading
Comments (1)From a purely cost standpoint, I think it is a poor idea of replacing a bad evap coil on a 10 yr old condenser. Guess what, after you replace the coil, you still have a 10 yr old AC system. IMO...See MoreWould you replace 20 year old oil furnace with a gas furnace?
Comments (23)Well the latest quote is in and it's the best so far. It's for two America Standard Freedom 95, two stage, variable speed furnaces. A 60k BTU system for the rental unit ( it gets a $600 rebate after installation) and a 100kBTU unit ($300 rebate) for the larger upstairs apartment. The quotes include everything; permits, thermostats, hard wired CO detectors, and removal of old oil tanks. 60k BTU cost $5500 100k BTU cost $5900 I will get $900 in rebates so the total cost for the install is $10500 I talked to the contractor as I believed that the units were oversized. The furnaces are purchased from the gas supplier and are the ones approved for rebates. He said a single stage 40k BTU unit will be fine for the rental apartment, but American Standard does not make a 40k BTU two stage unit and the 60k BTU unit will cost the same after the $600 rebate and it will be quieter, cheaper to run and will keep the tenants a bit more comfortable. I could get a 40k BTU Carrier Performance 96, there's a $300k rebate on that. He says an 80k BTU unit would be ok for the upstairs two floor apartment as far as heating goes, but from experience he feels that the larger fan capacity of the 100 kBTU unit is needed to get the air up from the basement to the top floor....See MoreRNmomof2 zone 5
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