Night of the living Janitrol

After paying $585 to the A & J Air Conditioning Services Ashland, MA to repair the Janitrol, it still shook the house when it lit up. The repair man showed up here several times and finally shrugged his shoulders, commenting that we should be "ok" but I set up the video cam and this is what I caught.
We called someone else to install a new furnace.

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[threecats407]

nice delayed ignition from never having it cleaned properly

[0Rduckling]

had it serviced regularly.

[classifiedinfo]

Does it have central A/C too?

[0Rduckling]

Yes, it was forced air and the ac unit is still operating with the new replacement furnace.

[BernardR30]

A furnace is only as good as the person who maintains it, installs it, and repair it. My father has a janitrol identical to that one, and is still heating his home with no problems. I have a new goodman no problems. I have rental homes with goodmans no problems. If people matained their equipment right it'll take care of them.

[FEDERALSIGNALTECH]

DELAYED IGNITION WITH ROLLOUT WITCH MEANS CRACKED HEAT EXCHANGEER.

[404notfoundpro]

I would piss myself if this was my heater.

[bababooey7576]

@threecats407 we had the delayed ignition problem as well with our old furnace. serviced yearly too...

[wawawis]

approx how old was that Janitrol furnace? It looks to me like late 70's or early 80's.

[wawawis]

It really looks like it only needed a through cleaning. Check out the video of what ours was doing. It now works like brand new after being cleaned. Did your repairman take the burners out of the furnaces to clean them? Ours did. And the culprit was obvious. The orfaces on the flame carry over port were almost totally plugged over burner #2, and all burners were cruddy, with #2 being the worst.

[3154231]

time to clean the heat exchange and fire the last service man!!! A clean unit is a happy unit!!!  SOMEBODY PLEASE CHECK THE FLAME ROLLOUT SWITCHES!!!

[3154231]

time to clean the heat exchange and fire the last service man!!! A clean unit is a happy unit!!!

[bababooey7576]

Our 1972 Anthes furnace did this. the explosion it made. wow. We had it serviced regularly as well. who knows.

[hdyudu]

a clean furnace is a happy furnace

[lamont7710]

ok mine dont do that i just dont get air