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Electric Furnace, High Electric bills? Read This Post!!

Posted by Darin DeVries on

Electric Furnace, High Electric bills? Read This Post!!

We are receiving several tech calls for High Electric bills in the summer and wanted to remind people that have an electric furnace to remember to check your furnaces Sequencer!! The sequencer when it get old will stick and hold the contact in making the furnace draw Electricity to the heat elements, So you could be heating and cooling at the same time.  If you have:  High Electric bills when your not heating your home. Furnace is warm to the touch. Hear clicking in the furnace when the furnace is not operating See an amp draw with the electric test...

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2020 Surviving Tough Times and Hardship!

Posted by Darin DeVries on

2020 Surviving Tough Times and Hardship!

2020 Surviving Tough Times and Hardship! I wanted to let you all know your not alone! Everyone in the USA is encountering the toughest times and hardship seen in decades, It doesn't matter who you are or what scale your on, we are all dealing with it. This year I have sat up late hours sometimes only getting an hour or two of sleep helping people in need, I take call after call from people with our equipment in their mobile home and talking to them to guide them how to fix or determine what the problem is to get...

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Wiring a Thermostat 101

Posted by Darin DeVries on

Wiring a Thermostat 101

Hello and welcome to another post of Wiring a Thermostat 101  Wiring a thermostat can be very complicated but I will give you a brief breakdown to ease some of the stress. The thermostats come with many options and many connection points on the back of the thermostat and it seems to be overwhelming for the homeowner, here are a few pointers to help take the stress out of wiring a new thermostat. think of your thermostat as a light switch... When its on its making contact to turn on a light there are a bunch of contacts on the...

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Electric Furnace not performing well? Sequencer helpful tips!

Posted by Darin DeVries on

Electric Furnace not performing well? Sequencer helpful tips!

Hi and welcome to Coleman HVAC Part Store Helpful tips. Each year we see a high number of electric furnace fails in the fall and I wanted to put together some helpful tips so you can better understand your electric furnace.  The sequencer is the main brain in operating the electric heat elements in your furnace the sequencer is a series of switches that turn on the heating elements in a sequence one at a time in 30 sec intervals. the sequencer operates with very small heating elements inside them so when the low voltage (24V) from the thermostat comes...

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Does Your Pilot light keep going out?

Posted by Darin DeVries on

Does Your Pilot light keep going out?

We have fielding a lot of calls lately about the pilot light in the furnace or water heater keeps blowing out, It so annoying especially when your gone at work and come home to a freezing cold house or in the middle of the night you wake up to the house being at 45F and your trying to find the long lighter or matches to get the heat back on.  We have a solution to your problem!  785-001 Robertshaw automatic pilot relight kit Universal pilot light re-ignitor kit automatic lights pilots that blow out. Operates on either 120 or 24...

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