Monthly Archives: October 2014

Heating Season — High Altitude Applications

After my previous post on gas pressure, I received the following comment: Great blog, It’s packed with good info! We are at 4500 foot altitude that can increase to 6500 in just a few miles. You might want to touch … Continue reading

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Heating Season — Flame Rectification

Today’s units react to unsafe conditions in less than a second. This is accomplished through the use of “computerized control modules” and a flame sensing control system known as flame rectification. The safety used in today’s furnaces that accomplishes flame rectification is … Continue reading

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Heating Season — Gas Pressure

In my last post, I said we needed to get out brain-set back to heating.  one of the items that needs to be looked at is gas pressure — both inlet and manifold pressure.  It is important to understand that … Continue reading

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Heating Season?

In the upper Midwest, the leaves  on the trees are turning beautiful colors, the morning air has a little “chill” to it, and people are starting to turn on their heating systems, both commercially and residentially. Now comes the time … Continue reading

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