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yy4me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-01-07 04:00 PM
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Any furnace installers here? Am I wrong about this?
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something to our fuel company and I don't think they are being straight with me.
Because of a flood in the cellar last year, we had to have a new furnace installed. This fall, when we first started using heat,it kept going on and off so the fuel company put in a (Honeywell)digital thermostat instead of the regular one. Since this was done in the cold weather and the furnace ran all winter based on dial setting (65 degrees), we never thought about how frequently it triggered on.

Now that it is warmer, we have tried to keep the digital setting well below the actual temperature in the room because we do not need the heat now. Here's the problem: It triggers on every hour or so and runs for 10 minutes or so and shuts off. Today again, it was 73 degrees in the room. Dial set at 64 and on it went several times. This was going on yesterday too. My other half went to the fuel company and was told that this is normal and that to stop this, we should throw the red emergency switch.

To my way of thinking, this is wrong. I was alone today, and the thing was going on every so often. I called the fuel company and got the same baloney. I told them situation this is unacceptable, I don't believe this is the way it should work and that I even turned the dial down to 40 degrees and it still went on.

I insisted on a service call and they said they would schedule one. I have not heard back. Am I wrong? How many people turn their furnace on and off with the emergency switch. Something is not right here. (Plus of course, we are using fuel unnecessarily)
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