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co in furnace

David_5
David_5 Member Posts: 250
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A clogged flue for a boiler will fill a house with CO just the same as a furnace.

David

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  • allenh
    allenh Member Posts: 117
    co in furnace

    A friend just called. Said she was hospitalized for CO from a furnace that is a year old. Guessing that the flue pipes are clear - what would cause a 1 year old heat exchanger to crack? Of course all equipment is red taged and shut off.

  • jim lockard
    jim lockard Member Posts: 1,059
    and the

    manufactor of the furnace is? Sorry about your friend hope she is ok. Are you sure its the furnace or is the furnace being blamed?
  • Mark Hunt
    Mark Hunt Member Posts: 4,908
    Might not be the


    heat exchanger at all, in fact it might not be the furnace.

    Untill someone qualified gets in there and tests everything, you will never know for sure.

    Mark H

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  • allenh
    allenh Member Posts: 117


    she is fine. She says brand name is Goodman.

    Gas is off by gas company. Plumbing inspector is looking for plumber who did the job. And that plumber is not answering any phone calls. He has 5k of a 9k bid. There is another one of these furnaces sitting on the floor that he is supposed to install. Homeowner is wondering how good these furnace brands are. Homeowner is using space heaters.

    I will stay with my boilers. I do not like the idea of a heat exchanger leaking fumes into heating ducts.
  • jim lockard
    jim lockard Member Posts: 1,059
    Goodman is

    a dependable meat and potato product. With rollout switches and the blower fan creating a postive pressure in the duct system. Prehaps a clogged flue-Still I would like to see the Fire Marshall's report as well as goodman's findings of what happened. Before condeming the furnace J.Lockard
  • Terry_14
    Terry_14 Member Posts: 209
    furnace is always blamed

    Following a training class on CO I tested my home furnace and hot water heater both producing 16 to 18 PPM. Then I lit off my oven and the chimney on that produced 47 ppm.

    Researching a bit and I find CO is from incomplete combustion. A cracked heat exchanger can allow the fan air to mix with combustion air and change to high co.

    A smoke test can help confirm problem is furnace.

    Prayers for your friend and maby a good co detector for her stocking

    Terry & Cindy
  • allenh
    allenh Member Posts: 117


    the house scored some really high number. Like 500 or something. Yes there is CO detector in there after first episode.
  • rich pickering
    rich pickering Member Posts: 277


    I realize that assumptions are bad, but I seriously doubt there is a problem with the furnace itself.
    Installation is a different issue. What does the red tag say?
    I hope the space heaters are electric with no extension cords.
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