I noticed yesterday that the furnace was having trouble keeping up but then again, it was freezing cold with a gusty NW wind. The back of my house faces West and never stands up well to winds of that direction.
Today I came home and Bob mentioned that the house had dropped 3 degees in the past hour. I went downstairs to check on the furnace. It was just sitting here, doing nothing, quiet as a stone!
Bob came down, re-set it and it started. Then we noticed that it's running for about 5 minutes, shutting off, re-heating the Chamber and running for 5 minutes, shutting off... you get the idea. (Can you spell thermocoupler? I hope as the alternatives are NOT pretty!)
Called Union Energy, they'll be out tonight or tomorrow between 8am and 5pm! How convenient is that eh?
I've shut down all rooms we don't use. Blocked all draughts I can get to and am drinking copious amounts of wine whilst hoping for the best.
UPDATE! Furnace is still turning on and off every 5 minutes or so. To envoke Murphy's Law... Robin brought me two radiant electric heaters, my neighbours brought me a ceramic one. My theory; "if you have 'em, you won't need 'em!"
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