{"id":1055,"date":"2022-01-24T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-24T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acguyoftampa.com\/blog\/?p=1055"},"modified":"2022-01-24T10:04:18","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T15:04:18","slug":"what-odd-odors-from-furnace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.acguyoftampa.com\/blog\/heating-service\/what-odd-odors-from-furnace\/","title":{"rendered":"What Are Those Odd Odors From the Furnace?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acguyoftampa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/girl-pinching-her-nose.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acguyoftampa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/girl-pinching-her-nose-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Girl-pinching-her-nose\" class=\"wp-image-1056\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.acguyoftampa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/girl-pinching-her-nose-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.acguyoftampa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/girl-pinching-her-nose-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.acguyoftampa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/girl-pinching-her-nose.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Your furnace shouldn\u2019t smell like \u2026 well, much of anything. Neither the system itself nor the heated air it sends into your home. Basically, it should smell like your home usually does during our short winters.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So when you notice an unusual smell\u2014moldy, dusty, acrid, sulfurous, etc.\u2014coming from your furnace, it may indicate a malfunction that requires professional <a href=\"\/heating\/furnaces\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">furnace service in Tampa, FL<\/a>. Please don\u2019t hesitate when it comes to weird odors from your HVAC system, as they can sometimes alert you to a safety hazard. Even if the situation isn\u2019t as serious as that, these odors often warn that a furnace needs repairs before it stops working.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A Rundown on Unusual Furnace Odors<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s take a walk through a list of out-of-the-ordinary furnace smells you might notice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Dust:<\/strong> Most of the time, this odor isn\u2019t a serious problem. When you turn your furnace on at the start of the season after it hasn\u2019t worked for many months, you\u2019ll detect a dusty burning odor from the vents. This is the smell of the dust that has collected along the heat exchanger burning off. It will go away within an hour. If you continue to smell it, it likely means the furnace is dusty and needs to catch up on maintenance.&nbsp;<\/li><li><strong>Dirty socks: <\/strong>This is called \u201cdirty sock syndrome\u201d and affects many HVAC systems. It warns that mold has started to grow somewhere in the HVAC system. This may not be a problem specific to the furnace, but you\u2019ll still want professionals to locate the problem and fix it.&nbsp;<\/li><li><strong>Electrical burning: <\/strong>This is an alarming odor to notice, and it can warn of an electrical failure in the furnace\u2019s control board, such as melting wires. (Yes, gas furnaces use many electrical components.) Another possible cause is a motor that\u2019s burning out\u2014you\u2019ll probably hear a grinding noise accompanying the odor. Shut the furnace off and call technicians right away to fix this before the furnace suffers more damage or creates a fire hazard.<\/li><li><strong>Rotten eggs: <\/strong>This unpleasant sulfurous smell is a warning of a gas leak in the furnace allowing unburned natural gas to escape. Natural gas does not have an odor, but the gas company puts a chemical called mercaptan into the gas to make leaks easier to detect\u2014the rotten egg smell you\u2019re noticing. Immediately shut off the gas to the furnace and call us to inspect the heater.<\/li><li><strong>Smoke: <\/strong>When the odor of smoke starts to come from the furnace or the vents, it usually means the furnace\u2019s flue has become blocked and exhaust gases are flooding back down into the furnace and ductwork. Shut off the furnace right away. If the smoke odor is strong, we recommend you leave your home before calling for assistance.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Please don\u2019t try to do any furnace investigation yourself! This can be hazardous and you\u2019re unlikely to be able to fix the problem. Leave the work to our experienced team: we\u2019ll keep you safe and warm.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>The A\/C Guy of Tampa Bay Inc. serves our Tampa Bay family with integrity and honor. <\/strong><a href=\"\/contact\/send-message\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Rely on us for any furnace or other HVAC repair you need.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s take a walk through a list of out-of-the-ordinary furnace smells you might notice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[108,140,50,100],"class_list":["post-1055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-heating-service","tag-furnace-repair","tag-gas-furnaces","tag-heating-system-repair","tag-tampa"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acguyoftampa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1055"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acguyoftampa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acguyoftampa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acguyoftampa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acguyoftampa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1055"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.acguyoftampa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1058,"href":"https:\/\/www.acguyoftampa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1055\/revisions\/1058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acguyoftampa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acguyoftampa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acguyoftampa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}