{"id":1297,"date":"2024-01-08T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-08T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acguyoftampa.com\/blog\/?p=1297"},"modified":"2024-01-05T14:32:22","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T19:32:22","slug":"small-mighty-reason-furnace-stopped-working","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.acguyoftampa.com\/blog\/heating-service\/small-mighty-reason-furnace-stopped-working\/","title":{"rendered":"A Small But Mighty Reason Your Furnace Stopped Working"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Your furnace has a few safety features in place to help prevent problems with gas and carbon monoxide, but what if one of those features was actually getting in your way right now? It\u2019s true\u2014there\u2019s one sensor that could be stifling your furnace\u2019s ability to do what it does best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a common enough furnace repair in Tampa<\/a>, especially where we don\u2019t use our furnaces all too often and can neglect maintenance here in Florida. Let\u2019s walk you through what this sensor does, and why it\u2019s not something you can fix on your own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a Safety Device Called a Flame Sensor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Your flame sensor has an important job, but it can still be frustrating when it\u2019s doing that job well. It detects the presence of a live flame (or a lack of one), and enacts certain safety procedures in response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gas comes through a line into your home, released at a steady pace to be burned by your furnace, and that\u2019s the basis of how your furnace produces heat. But if there\u2019s no flame to light that gas, it would just spill into the air and cause health problems. Not to mention, your home would be rigged to go up like a Roman candle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The flame sensor shuts down the flow of gas when there\u2019s no live flame. It\u2019s like a gatekeeper, and its job is to make sure you don\u2019t encounter serious problems as a result of a missing flame. The problem is, it gets caked with soot and debris over time, and it can\u2019t detect a flame. It can\u2019t detect much of anything anymore, because it\u2019s jammed\u2014as far as it\u2019s concerned, there\u2019s no flame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to Clean Your Flame Sensor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The most probable solution is to clean the flame sensor so it can detect live flames once again, and your furnace can keep working to heat your home. But it\u2019s not as simple as wiping down the flame sensor and calling it a day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The process looks like this: shut down your gas, shut off the electricity supply to your furnace from the breaker, remove the flame sensor, take it apart, and begin to clean it. You get the idea. It\u2019s a tedious process, but that\u2019s not the only reason you shouldn\u2019t be the one to do it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately, It\u2019s Not a Do-It-Yourself Kind of Thing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Your furnace warranty likely prohibits any form of DIY work. Some homeowners aim to save money, but don\u2019t have the same experience that an HVAC technician does, so they can accidentally make mistakes that damage the furnace or cause other problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not only do you need to hire a professional to keep your warranty in order, but this is a safety feature we\u2019re talking about. It\u2019s always best to leave it up to someone who deals with these day in and day out, and knows their way around these important features.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Fix for That Flame Sensor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Whether the flame sensor needs to be cleaned, replaced, or it turns out there was a secondary problem the whole time, we\u2019ll get your furnace sorted for you before you know it. You shouldn\u2019t have to stick it out in the cold just because your furnace is on the fritz. Allow us to help. It starts with a phone call or by filling out our submission form today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contact us today<\/strong><\/a> to schedule your furnace repair as soon as possible.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Your furnace may not be working all because of a little sensor. If that’s the case, these are your next steps.<\/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":[108,100],"class_list":["post-1297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-heating-service","tag-furnace-repair","tag-tampa"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acguyoftampa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1297"}],"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=1297"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.acguyoftampa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1301,"href":"https:\/\/www.acguyoftampa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1297\/revisions\/1301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acguyoftampa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acguyoftampa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acguyoftampa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}