Use something without grit to clean it. By the way ALL manufactures want the burners clean on LP gas annually. Your furance runs more that your car. Do you not service that? And unless your wood is free and you see no value to your time wood isn't always the answer.
@tranedan53 I would have loved to leave servicing to trane, but the local dealer NEVER returned a call. In some ways I don't blame him, I didn't buy from him, I bought from a Home Depot contractor and they ended up only interested in doing installations. Wood is a pain, wood pellets are interesting, but get to be difficult to get late in the season, no doubt propane is convienient.
I have sold trane for years. I sell probably 600 a year. I can tell you the issue is the LP gas and not the furnace. I see in the video that there are wire nuts on the ignitor wires. Why is that? If it was the correct one you wouldn't have had to cut anything. I also think the post above could be correct about the 80 volt ignitors vs. the 120V. You need to make sure the correct board is in with the correct ignitor. Also NEVER use sand paper on the sensor. It will damage it.
@tranedan53 Another had said that the LP has a higher water content than natural gas and it causes more problems because of that. As far as the marettes on the igniter wires goes, on the first failure when the installer wouldn't come out to service it, and the local trane dealer wouldn't return calls, I called another furnace company and he hacked it up and blew the main board. Point taken on the sensor, than was a suggestion from a forum.
TRANE. At the beginning of your video you mentioned that the board was changed. Trane and some other manufactures use an 80 volt igniter while other furnace manufactures use a 110 volt igniter. I have come across a few instances where the integrated furnace circuit board has been replaced and the replacement board delivered 110 volts to the 80 volt igniter.
Your plight really makes me feel fortunate. I too run propane (which has more moisture than natural gas and causes more rust). Only 1 failure in 22 years It's an Armstrong. Hope I didn't just jinx myself....
@tuck1963 Hopefully not, clearly my unit has some problems. I certainly expected more than 3 years before I started having issues. I was thinking that I'll be lucky to get 10years out of this unit.
@thedekester18 I understand that some of the earlier high or mid efficiency units used spark plugs for ignition. Certainly that sound like a much more serviceable design.
Hey, good job, the only advice I can give you is the on the burner tubes, as you call them, on the gas line where the burner tube hang by the rings on them, on the gas header those have an orifice and it might a good idea to check them. What we did was use a drill bit, with just our fingers to make sure there was nothing block them and they were clean. Other then that you did a great job. (Just a retired boiler operator talking and watching here.) We had some high temp paint that we used also
@kissoma You'll have to excuse my terminology, I would have loved to remain blissfully ignorant of how a furnace works, but it'll never be. I'll have a look at the orifices tomorrow, it's still not particularly reliable, so there's still something wrong. Any advise is appreciated. Thanks!
see if stainles burners are availiable, pay the price and there will be no problems with the burners.
ducky69918 1 month ago
what a rip off price the parts
hdyudu 2 months ago
Use something without grit to clean it. By the way ALL manufactures want the burners clean on LP gas annually. Your furance runs more that your car. Do you not service that? And unless your wood is free and you see no value to your time wood isn't always the answer.
tranedan53 3 months ago
@tranedan53 I would have loved to leave servicing to trane, but the local dealer NEVER returned a call. In some ways I don't blame him, I didn't buy from him, I bought from a Home Depot contractor and they ended up only interested in doing installations. Wood is a pain, wood pellets are interesting, but get to be difficult to get late in the season, no doubt propane is convienient.
TheWreckingYard 3 months ago
I have sold trane for years. I sell probably 600 a year. I can tell you the issue is the LP gas and not the furnace. I see in the video that there are wire nuts on the ignitor wires. Why is that? If it was the correct one you wouldn't have had to cut anything. I also think the post above could be correct about the 80 volt ignitors vs. the 120V. You need to make sure the correct board is in with the correct ignitor. Also NEVER use sand paper on the sensor. It will damage it.
tranedan53 3 months ago
@tranedan53 Another had said that the LP has a higher water content than natural gas and it causes more problems because of that. As far as the marettes on the igniter wires goes, on the first failure when the installer wouldn't come out to service it, and the local trane dealer wouldn't return calls, I called another furnace company and he hacked it up and blew the main board. Point taken on the sensor, than was a suggestion from a forum.
TheWreckingYard 3 months ago
TRANE. At the beginning of your video you mentioned that the board was changed. Trane and some other manufactures use an 80 volt igniter while other furnace manufactures use a 110 volt igniter. I have come across a few instances where the integrated furnace circuit board has been replaced and the replacement board delivered 110 volts to the 80 volt igniter.
majesticheating 4 months ago
@majesticheating I'll check, I never actually replaced the board, I repaired it, I do have a replacement board. I might as well try it.
TheWreckingYard 4 months ago
Your plight really makes me feel fortunate. I too run propane (which has more moisture than natural gas and causes more rust). Only 1 failure in 22 years It's an Armstrong. Hope I didn't just jinx myself....
tuck1963 4 months ago
@tuck1963 Hopefully not, clearly my unit has some problems. I certainly expected more than 3 years before I started having issues. I was thinking that I'll be lucky to get 10years out of this unit.
TheWreckingYard 4 months ago
Sounds to me like it is time for you to come up with a better ignitor. You seem like a smart guy, I'm sure you can figure something out.
thedekester18 4 months ago
@thedekester18 I understand that some of the earlier high or mid efficiency units used spark plugs for ignition. Certainly that sound like a much more serviceable design.
TheWreckingYard 4 months ago
Hey, good job, the only advice I can give you is the on the burner tubes, as you call them, on the gas line where the burner tube hang by the rings on them, on the gas header those have an orifice and it might a good idea to check them. What we did was use a drill bit, with just our fingers to make sure there was nothing block them and they were clean. Other then that you did a great job. (Just a retired boiler operator talking and watching here.) We had some high temp paint that we used also
kissoma 4 months ago
@kissoma You'll have to excuse my terminology, I would have loved to remain blissfully ignorant of how a furnace works, but it'll never be. I'll have a look at the orifices tomorrow, it's still not particularly reliable, so there's still something wrong. Any advise is appreciated. Thanks!
TheWreckingYard 4 months ago
Great job on the furnace.
I have worked on some for hours to repair.
cecil6711 4 months ago
@cecil6711 Yup same here, just hate working on the same one over and over.
TheWreckingYard 4 months ago