Furnace Not Working - The Most Common Fix
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- Furnace not working or wont turn on. Is your furnace not working or perhaps the furnace is turning on but only for a few seconds? Turns on and off repeatedly. In this video I go over the most common furnace problem. This is the all-time reigning champion. The furnace flame senor. I show how to find it, where it is located, what to look out for, how to clean it, and other helpful tips. This video is pretty much flame sensor 101. I have another video that is flame sensor 102. If you would like more information on the flame sensor, do check out the other video as well.
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4 years later and still making an impact on lives!!! Woke up at 4am to a 60 degree house in a Michigan winter! Ran around placing extra blankets on my kiddos and immediately found your video! Only had a $2 bill in the house that I won a few months ago but I guess it truly was lucky!!! Heats blowing and temp is rising!!! Thanks a million times!!!!
You are a true life saver...my heater went out on a snowy morning & I have 2 young kids, one only 4 so I was worried about their safety but I watched this video & followed your instructions & just like that my heater is back to business!!! Can't thank you enough, your a true blessing!
-30 here this morning (Winnipeg Canada) and out for my morning skate when my wife called and the house is only 17C and the furnace wasn't working. Rushed home, wife had every elec heater she could find on, oven on, oven door open and fireplace burning on full. I panicked, (Sun AM) then watched the above video and amazing, cleaned the sensors and the furnace is up and running. THANK YOU for the help and the added "husband" points I earned from my wife!!!!
Awesome! Happy to hear the furnace is back up and running! :) Stay warm!
Sir, I sincerely thank you and have the upmost respect for you and your scholastic provision! I am a single mom and when these type of break downs occur, I pray to God for a way to resolve them. In this instance, my furnace stopped blowing hot. I was guilty of forgetting to change out the filters, so they were indeed dirty. Your repair guidance defined the issues and provided me with the knowledge and skillset to resolve it within a matter of minutes. I can only imagine what you saved me in charges I would’ve incurred from an HVAC tech. Needless to say, I’m forever grateful to your angelic covering during this obstacle.🙏😊
This guy is definately the best I have seen. He is not annoying and he gets to the point.
yeat he getting alot detail stuff and also the camera girl doing great job. both have to combine make even more easy to understand.😄😃
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Very well put Terrance ! My feelings EXACTLY.
Except the long intro video
Thank you, I am a single grandma raising my infant grandson and because of your help I was not a victim of an over priced heating salesman/repairman.
How do you know it's overpriced? It is extremely expensive to run an HVAC service company. They don't set the prices to make a bajillion dollars they set them to keep the doors open and pay their employees off.
@@mhill2176 so true!!
Yes ma’am glad you found this, many companies (especially dealing with ac) charge 80-100 just to show up (no way to get around it but still very high) then mark up the part, then might even throw In a 30 dollar charge for 5 minutes of labor. For the other commenters here some companies are honest but no sense in paying 80 for someone to show up then mark up a product someone could get for 20-30 and put in themself. I renovate houses and have dealt with dozens of companies for numerous situations and it’s wild the range of proves companies will charge for replacing a cheap part.
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Weather lady says a snowstorm is coming. It’s currently 36° and temperatures are dropping. My wife and kids keep saying it’s getting colder and colder. I’m ignoring them and then I start to notice that it is getting colder. I check the thermostat at 68° in the house but the desired temp is on 74. I must say everything that you described in your video between the cycling on and off cutting and then off for three hours to the letter was happening. I went through your entire instruction video with my son and in less than 15 minutes we had the furnace up and running again. I thank you so much. I am a subscriber, liked &commented. I appreciate it. God in your heart, peace in your thoughts and dreams. Job well done ( impressive that this video is 3 years old and still informative and effective)
I had the same issue but with my AC watched his video and I had my AC back in 30 min. I really feel like I own him so I subscribed and have been watching his videos just to learn. I always given a like.
THANK YOU!!! Its Sunday. My furnace is not working and the temp tonight is going to be 37 degrees. I cleaned the sensor and the furnace fired right up! You just saved me $$ and a long cold night.
This is the one of the best explanations I've seen regarding how a furnace works. He explained everything you need to focus on without over doing it. To the point and stayed on subject. Great video
I wish this guy did every single TH-cam video known to mankind. Quick, To the point, doesn’t skip over pertinent info and explains everything in laymans terms!
I'm a retired plumber & gasfitter and I worked on many gas appliances over the years. I would like to compliment you on your video. Your explanation was bang on. I don't think I could of explained things any better than you did if I was making the video.
You just saved me a $75 service call fee and only God knows how much more! I fixed this problem just by following your instructions. Thank you and God bless you!
I'm happy to hear that! Thank you for leaving a comment, stay warm! God bless you and family as well!
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@@WordofAdviceTV I'm having problem with my furnace , I think dust got to it , it only blow cold continuous , the code is saying ignitor but it looks ok any advice?
Fantastic video! I called what I thought was a reputable local HVAC company On a Friday to do a tune up on my Lennox forced air Gas heater. Since they couldn't come out until Monday I searched around and found your video. I have a 5 burner system and only 2 of them were working. After viewing your video I knew exactly what would be done in a cleaning and tune up. HVAC tech arrived and ran his vacuum in the heater for about 10 min. He called me in for the bad news. I needed a whole new heater to the tune of appx $7,000 USD. He said it was beyond repair. I said he did nothing on the tune up list and got his boss to refund the service call fee as it was really just a sales call. I then did the tune up steps you outline but instead of cleaning the burner I just bought a new one for $84. Just installed it and everything is working great. Thanks again for your fantastic videos!
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This was SO helpful! I am 9 months pregnant and noticed I was getting cold with our heater staying on. Noticed the furnace would ignite and not stay on, so came on here, found your video and it worked! I am now warmed back up and it was so easy to do. Thanks!!!
My wife and I are first time home owners and being quarantined to the house with all this Corona virus this video helped us stay warm and save money! Thank you so much!
Phillip Kennedy ha! same boat. Stay healthy!
@@AndrewVolk82 You too man!! Best of luck!! This video was very helpful, no if only he had videos about the hot water tank that wont stay lit
Just bought a house, turned on the heat for a snow storm that came through. House has been down to 58 degrees today. Been messing with it for hours with no improvement. Right when I was about to call a hvac guy I stumbled across your vid. Thirty second fix and now my house is 70 degrees again! Saved me probably hundreds of dollars. Thanks, sub earned.
Happy to hear you were able to get it fixed! :) Thank you for subscribing and leaving a comment, stay warm!
I’m a 67 Year old woman and this fixed my furnace. Thank You so very much. I’m handy but have never looked in the furnace.
Thank you so much!
$8.50 for drill bit extended, $1.00 for cleaning sponge, about 30 minutes of trying to convince my concerned girlfriend that I probably wouldn’t burn the place down, 10 minutes of following your tutorial, and we have heat after being cold the past few days AND saved us a ton of money! Thanks again!
That's awesome! Happy to hear you were able to get it fixed! Thank you for leaving a comment, stay warm!
You need a new girlfriend if she has such little faith in you. Women are ridiculous prima donnas. Next time tell her to fix it. Erm, equality and all.
YO BRO!!! My furnace stopped working on Christmas Day!!! at 2am in the morning we woke up Freezing!!! Found your videos and this one was my exact symptoms. Dirty Flame sensor!! Cleaned it like your video said! Scotch brite pad..not money..lol And my family thinks I'm a HERO!!! Thank you from NY... How is Hawaii going!! post more videos! Счастливая! С Новым годом!
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Going to try!
Snow storm just hit Oregon over Christmas and our furnace stopped blowing heat. Cleaned the flame sensor and bam, flame staying on again and house is heating up. Thank you!
I had a weird situation. The heat worked upstairs but not down. The lights did indicate the flame sensor. It was as easy as it could be to see and get out. Cleaned it. Lights blinking normal. Downstairs heat working. You are the man! No other video nailed it like you did. Thanks!
This helped me last night. I've been in my house 1 year. The furnace would turn on and the flame would stay lit for maybe 10 seconds. I cleaned it and it stayed lit for the full cycle. Thank you so much! My house is much warmer now.
My furnace was doing this very same thing. It was going to be in the low 20’s tonight and it was getting colder in the house. I cleaned the sensor with a one dollar bill I had just like he said. And the furnace is working perfectly now! He knows his stuff! Thank you so much for making this video!!!!
THANK YOU!
My furnace has not been putting out hot air for a few days now. We were getting pretty cold inside the house and using an electric heater in one room… and I lost my job yesterday, so I wasn’t looking forward to another bill.
I am so grateful for your awesome video!!! I used a dollar bill to clean the sensor and it solved my issue. We have the same model as in your video, so it was super easy.
Best return on a dollar I’ve ever gotten. 😊
100% the problem we were having. Woke up to a 50 degree house this morning and had been having some furnace troubles previously but could manually toggle the temp to get it going until today. Nothing would get the furnace to fire and stay lit. Watched the video, went downstairs, 15 minutes later and no money spent we’re back up and running. THANK YOU
Sweet! My furnace is now WORKING! 8pm with temps of 17, sooooo glad I watched this video. Thank You!!! Mine was the flame sensor. Scrubbed it just like you did and now everything is working perfectly!!
I wanna apologize I really did doubt you I’ve been home sense 4 this morning when my husband left for work trying to fix this your the only one that helped and it was so easy I did it myself myself and my dog thank you for the warmth!
Came home tonight with my wife and baby to a freezing cold house. Found your video after a quick search, followed your steps and had the house warmed back up within 10 minutes of getting home knowing nothing about furnaces before I started. My family thanks you :D
My furnace quit firing yesterday. I watched your video and cleaned the flame sensor. This fixed the problem and the furnace fired and ran properly. Thanks for saving me from an overpriced repair.
So I bought an old house that I'm living in while I renovate. I've been able to troubleshoot and repair the old 1984 Lennox with the help of your videos and a few others. Thank you for taking the time to share this info. I've definitely developed more respect for the HVAC trade, as well! Thanks again!
My heater stopped. Couldn't get help. Snowed in...In Texas. You saved my life. I cleaned the flame sensor and.its working. Thank you with all my ❤
One of the best Equipment troubleshoot videos I have ever seen...simple, to the point and lots of information in a short time...keep up the good work and post more such videos please...
Thanks Robin! Glad you liked the video :)
I couldn't have said it better myself.
Helped me identify and remedy the AC issue at my retired mother's home.
Excellent job.
This got me going, and I agree he is terrific the way the gets to the point.
Thanks so much it worked
@@WordofAdviceTV , I have corrosion on the connector to the flame sensor , will cause a problem?
It’s a single digits outside and my house reads 60 degrees at 2am. My furnace is 20years old and was not kicking on. I did a search and came across this life saving video. Saving from all of us freezing to death and saving us money from burst water pipes and repairs. After watching the video and cleaned up the sensor rod and it works!!! Now our house is at 69 degrees this morning!! I really appreciated it with this type of video. Following you now!
Can’t thank you enough, it’s been a bit of a struggle to make ends meet at times. The last thing I could afford was a repairman coming out to fix my furnace but your video worked and my family had heat. God Bless you.
I'm happy to hear that! :) Thank you for leaving a comment, stay warm! God bless you and family as well.
Thank you so much for this video I saved money and time.
my heat wasn't working over the weekend after watching your video my heat was fixed within 5 minutes. Thanks again,
Same here, thank you!
I'm struggling with Tramatic brain injury and we live 2 far out to get a repairman out. This video hit it right on the head, real easy to follow! My wife, 4kids & myself won't be cold tonight. It's supposed to get up to 15 degrees. Thanks for the great information.
You are a money saver! My heater stopped working in freezing temperatures, and I have a young child, elderly mother in law, and my wife. Being a carpenter by trade, and jack of the rest, I always go to TH-cam to see if it is something that I can fix. I watched your video and followed the instructions and BAM! The heat is working. Thank you so much for sharing this video.
My furnace was experiencing the same problems. But after watching the video and following your instructions. I now have a furnace that is working. Thank You.
Oh my gosh...you saved us. My daughter and I woke up in the morning with 60 degrees. She was crying and I didn't know what to do. After I watched your video, we cleaned the flame sensor and finally it's working properly! Thank you so much, you are the best!!!
You're very welcome!! Glad to hear you were able to get the furnace fixed, stay warm and have a Merry Christmas!
Word of Advice TV Thank you so much again!! Merry Christmas and God bless you!!
We had the same issue and were warming up now too, thank you so much for the pointers! Got me feeling like a journeyman over here hahaha! Good day 😎👍
This fix worked for me too. Great tutorial!
@@katedenton8213 YESSS. ME TOO. THANK GOD FOR TH-cam and the people that share their knowledge
This video saved me a call! Thank you so much. My sensor was 100x harder to get at lol. You made it look easy but every furnace is different. Videos like yours help us homeowners to not get robbed!
You're welcome! Oh boy, I believe it! Some furnace flame sensors are really hard to get to. Good to know that you were able to get it, stay warm!!
This video was a literal lifesaver for us -- Texas weather dropped into single digits with ice and snow and every HVAC person in the state is obviously busy. Your video allowed me to fix the furnace and brought us back from the freezing point! Thank you!!!
Omg you are the best... my furnace was doing this for a while and I didn't notice until the town last power last night in -19 weather for 2 hrs in the middle of the night... when I heard the heater kick on once the power came back on, I was relieved and went to bed... woke up freezing in the am with the heater still running... came across your video after looking at my heater and that plus changing the filters was the first thing things I did, and now the burners stay on.
Just fixed my unit following your video to the T! Plus it’s winter here in Philly so my wife and I were freezing! Thanks for helping me be the hero Husband!
Thanks so much for this advice! Repaired my furnace in 5 minutes. Super frustrating that an owners manual does not list simple maintenance / repair! Thank you!
Thank you! Thank you! COVID hit hard and the last thing we needed was an expensive repair bill for our heater and we need our heater to stay warm and not get sick. I followed your advise and heater fixed. A dirty flame sensor was the problem. Thank you again and God bless you!
Thank you very much!! I think you have solved my problem. -12C here in Vancouver BC and my house was down to 16c. Followed your easy instructions and furnace fires now when it didn't. Looking forward to taking my jacket off in the house.
Just found your channel and I am learning so much! Even if I am not able to actually fix something, I am in the know when the repair person is called. God bless! Thank you!
I want to express my sincere gratitude and appreciation for taking the time to teach homeowners to solve this kind on problems. you are a truly life saver.
You are most welcome! Thank you for the comment, I'm glad to hear that the videos have been helpful for you!
This video was absolutely PERFECT. My furnace was the same as the one in the video, but, without your step by step instructions I would have had no idea. THANK YOU so much sharing your expertise. It is great appreciated.
Thank you! Cleaned my flame sensor and my heater jumped into action. Saved me at least $100 for a service call. 👍👍👍
Your videos are the absolute best. Saved me hundreds of dollars on multiple occasions. Tell me how I can send you cash and I will send it to you. Very grateful.
10:00 on a Saturday night and my furnace quit. Had it checked two month ago by a plumber. Checked filters, ducts, air exchanger-no luck. Lucky to find this video and had it working in ten minutes. Thanks for the great job!
I’m a nurse and knew about rubbing under your nose to stop a sneeze. I love that you posted that! Great to share the knowledge haha! Thanks again for this video! You helped me fix my heater today!
Just fixed the neighborhood's furnace in 10min.
You are awesome.
Great presentation. My furnace went out overnight and we awoke to a chilly house. It's fall in Wyoming, and we're in the 20's most every night now. After my trouble shooting logic failed to bear fruit, I found this video. Clear and concise explanations, and in five minutes, the heater was back on line. Thanks!!!
Absolutely great TH-cam channel! Got my furnace up and running by cleaning this flame sensor. Probably saved $200. Now I'm gonna order a new flame sensor on eBay for $6. Watching more videos on this channel just to educate my old ignorant self. Thanks so much!
Ohh thanks for sharing you can order one and it’s such a inexpensive part! Good to know.
It's 2020 and your video just helped me and my family!!! House was freezing last night and we are about to get some snow so I was looking at a near emergency! Flame sensor had some carbon build up and now it's fully operational again! Thank you so much and God bless!
Glad to hear you were able to get the furnace fixed! Thank you for leaving a comment, stay warm! God bless you and family as well.
Mine shuts off every year like this. It’s shut off again now and it’s freezing and won’t light. Wish me luck lol I hope this works!
@@WordofAdviceTV could it also be possible that sometimes the wick can be dirty when it won't stay lit.
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@@melaniefeltsfagan1227 sounds like a possible gas valve problem. If not your flame sensor is bad.
My furnace stopped working like a month ago, just got cold enough for me to decide to fix it. Everyone told me I should just call someone. Your video helped me have the courage to fix it on my own. Turns out there's breakers inside to, one flipped when the batteries in the thermostat died.
Thank you!! My furnace was doing exactly what you described. Pulled the flame sensor, clean it and it works now. Great video
You saved me $150 and 4 days without heat.
I am mechanically inclined, but have never touched a furnace prior to yesterday. I had the HE model not shown in the video, but your instructions were clear enough to complete the task. Thank you!
Thanks man. You just saved me $150 and a lot of stress. Thx to your video you posted, I was able to inspect and repair my furnace (Coleman) which had stopped working a week ago . The problem was exactly as you explained it. So grateful .
sweet furnace video 😎 not only great for getting the furnace repaired and working but also checking it out on a warm day before winter. 🤩 thanks.
My furnace stopped working, so I tried this. It WORKED!!! Thank you so much..
My furnace was working for 10 seconds and shut it off by itself. My flame sensor was dirty and I cleaned the way you did and thanks to you is working fine now!! God bless you!
This may be the greatest furnace video on TH-cam. I’ve already referenced this video three separate times over the past 2 years or so, and each time, I was able to resolve my issue.
Word of advice though: don’t skip around in this video; you may miss what you’re looking for (it happened to me).
you are referring to the sneezing part at the very end, right? ;)
Thank you for this!!!! I had recently vacuumed the dust when changing the air filter. About one week later and the furnace wouldn't kick on. Your first suggestion of cleaning the sensor worked! I wouldn't dare do much more. So, you saved the day on this 28 degree Thanksgiving morning in Utah!
This fixed my furnace after service tech told me I would need a full reinstall. You saved me huge money. Thank you!!! Subscribed. Great advice, explanation and video.
Yet another homeowner who you helped out sir.
Was looking at buying and replacing f.s. to see if it would fix my problem... in my hot water heat.
The f.s. is also the igniter in my setup, 75 bucks and a week away off the internet.
Scotchbrighted it and the thing is working again.
Fixed my Bryant, 90% furnace this a.m.. Put the flame sensor on the round steel wheel brush and cleaned it good. Fired right up. Thank you brother!
I have been doing Plumbing and HVAC work for 30 years and I agree 100% with video. The flame rod for the most part just needs cleaned. I have never replaced a flame rod in all my 30 years of servicing furnaces but I have cleaned 100’s. I have been on service calls after other techs that said they cleaned the flame rod. But they try to clean them with out taking them out, just scraping it with a screwdriver, all different things. Some are hard to get out, but you have to take it out and clean it with the green scotch brite pad. I have heard of technicians saying they needed replaced, and that’s because they didn’t know what they where doing. Just clean it and save the customers all that money. It might only be $10.00 for a new flame rod but it $89.00 for another service call and travel time.
Thank you! I came home from work tonight to find out my furnace wasn't working... I was freaking out because we are in the middle of a snow storm. I watched this video went down stairs did what you said and it came on immediately. Im so grateful thank you
Awesome! Happy to hear that. Stay warm! :)
In my many years of plumbing and heating installs and service work, I was always told that the first thing to do is turn the gas valve off, then test for stray voltage. A Tick Tracer is a wonderful thing to carry around and check for stray voltage. It only takes Milliamps to kill you.
Haha, this was my exact situation today. Woke up to a cold house, we're in a snowstorm, and my car is taken apart being fixed today too. I was able to get the heat fixed so far today. Now onto the other things.
Me too thanks
Thank you so much! Endured an entire winter last year with no heat last year, but i just cleaned the flame sensor and the furnace is pumping heat again. You are a life saver 🙌🏻
Thank you so much - my neighbors furnace needed a new igniter -- thanks to you I was able to check out her furnace and repair it for her.
How kind of you. Wish we had more folks in the world who helped one another. World would definitely be a better place.
just want to add my 2 cents.... your video saved me a major headache, removed the igniter, cleaned it, and back in business, new one ordered, seems the new ones last 2 yrs, tks to amazon for keeping order history... thanks very much - clear and precise instructions
Dude, you are so freaking awesome. This was EXACTLY what was wrong with my furnace. You’re a lifesaver 🙏
You are a life saver! My elderly mother called to tell me that her furnace stopped working and it is below 10 degrees today. I had it fixed within 90 minutes thanks to this video!!! Thank you
No... Thank you!
You are a life saver. I had low temperature on the house and the heater would not work. It was late at night and I could not get anyone out to look at. This video basically saved my life. It worked like a charm on first trial. Thank you sooooo very very much. I could have easily spent $200 for this.
Like many others here, I have to send some HUUUGE thanks. House was freezing all week and didn't even know where to begin troubleshooting, but I watched this, and a few minutes of work, the furnace is working great and it saved me a good bit of money having a guy come out to look at it. Thanks!
Don't usually comment on YT vids, but this one was a lifesaver! For over a year I was dealing with a very spotty furnace that was inconsistent with ignition. I did exactly what you showed in the video and after cleaning the flame sensor, the furnace roared to life 1st try! Thanks
Bro, you saved me close to $500 by educating how to troubleshoot a short and finally locating it as the AC Contactor. Cost me only $20 for AC Contactor and $7 for a pack of 3 Amp Fuses. Superb video and excellent instructions! Wish you all the best...
I just paid $130 for the "expert" to fix it. It was the dirty sensor, exactly like in this video. He gave me a "good deal", saying I only have to pay him $50 labor, but the part is $80, so in total $130. He threw out the package so I took the part number from the package and when i checked the price of the sensor, it is only about $10. I should have watched this video before calling the "expert"
Your paying for someone experience or would you rather have a newbie come in for dirty cheap and mess your furnace up
Thank you for explaining so well, and in understandable English, and not so fast we can’t keep up like a lot seem to do!
Sir, you just helped me fix my heat! Mine was not the ignitor or flame sensor, as I did check and clean both. My problem was the gas unit or line was some how stuck/clogged. I tap the flame pipes and the gas unit with the plastic end of a screw driver and a small flame sparked then went out. I tapped it again as the ignitor came on then all 4x flames ignited. I guess since it all sat dorment all summer n now its starting to be a chilly fall, i need to crank on the heater once in the summer to keep it working.
Thank you !! I followed your well explained video after waiting all day for the technician and my house went from 67*f to 71*f. You rock. !!!
You described my furnace problem to a T. I cleaned the flame sensor and voila!...furnace now stays on and actually heats my home! Thanks for posting this handy video.
SAME. I literally cried I was so happy. I just commented on the video as well right after you, but this seriously saved me so much money and headache. I was starting to get really cold lol.
Thank you so much for this video! It was getting really cold in here. I found your video, followed your clear instructions, now the house is warming up again.
Great video. This was exactly the problem and I was able to fix it without an expensive service call. I also appreciate the explanation of how the furnace works, how this problem develops and how to fix it. You are a born teacher. Great job.
You're a lifesaver sir! My heat stopped working this morning and my house was freezing. I called HVAC and they told me just a visit for diagnosis is $90! I decided to give "wipe the flame sensor" a try cause I was desperate. It worked! You just saved me at least $100❤❤❤
253 people gon be cold tonight!! Dont dislike this man's awesome video for your problem. Sure saved me!!
Thank you for that! :;) Stay warm!
432 people don't like heat
Thank you SO MUCH for this video!! Our furnace went out last night. Freezing temps outside (single digits). We have two young littles ones. We had the space heaters running, but temps started dropping in the house to 61. 😢 My husband followed your instructions & was able to get the furnace fixed at 4am, praise God!! 🙌 We are thankful to God for you & the handy instructions you provided, thank you so much!! 🙏
You're very welcome! I'm happy to hear that you were able to find and fix the problem! May the Lord abundantly bless you and family, stay warm!
@@WordofAdviceTV Thank you so much really appreciate it, God bless you & your family as well!
You are a lifesaver. It is freezing here in Edmonton and I could fix my furnace with your video Thanks Buddy
I had this problem number of times and every time instructions given on trane helped me except for last night which was very cold and reset trick didn't work. Your tip about cleaning flame sensor with carbon build up worked and I could warm up the house again. Thank you.
My flame sensor was a pain to get to, but cleaning it and replacing the filters seemed to fix the "locking out" problem. Keep up the good work!
I literally just had this issue with my American Standard Freedom 80. I did what you said and so far everything is working great. You just saved me $ 300 to 500 for a weekend call. Thank you and God bless.
Thanks a lot. This worked like a charm. My wife thinks I’m mister fix it now and my daughter doesn’t have to sleep in a cold house. Thank you again. 👌🏾
Happy to hear that! :) Thank you for commenting, stay warm!
You are a Mr. Fixit since you fixed it. As a bastard I never had a dad to teach me this stuff. Thank you "Word of advice guy" for filling in.
I’m the mom and my daughter was here when I fixed ours. I love being a Mr. (Misses) fix it! Lol!
@@stjeff0 I am happy to be able to assist anyone who desires to be Mr. or Misses Fix It! :) Lodaox, kudos for fixing it yourself! It's always a good feeling and you get to save some wallet damage too.
@@WordofAdviceTV mines started to work but only blowing warm air, what else could be the problem
Great video. Helped me resolve my furnace issue in around 10 minutes after watching the video. Powered down, removed the flame sensor, cleaned it, put it back in, powered back up, and the flames came on and stayed on.
Thank you for posting this.
Bro i did it.. I think I wanna start my own furnace fixing business now. Lol. Just joking. But I'm no longer in the cold thanks to this video. HE KNOWS HIS STUFF.
My furnace hasn’t worked for 5+ years, I followed your instructions, and boom baby it’s working again.
Thanks again, I can now enjoy my whole house.
It's Saturday evening in snow country, and it's cold, and my furnace wouldn't stay lit.
You diagnosed the problem, and I fixed it following your instructions.
You are the "Furnace Doctor"!
Thank you very much for the great video.
This fellow just saved me $200 bucks. Followed the steps he describes and fixed my Lennox furnace. Thanks word of advice.
Fantastic! Thanks for the nicely instructed video. It helps me to fix my Furnace in Minnesota cold. Initially was a bit scared, but after watching your video feel confident.