3 tips to help your furnace get your furnace running again?

Hey guys, Texas with Medley Heating and Air Conditioning. You may notice that your furnace is running and then stopping periodically. There might be just a couple of little maintenance things you can do to get this thing back online. Most of the time if your furnace is running for a while and then turning off, it's some sort of a safety device turning the unit off for one reason or another. Typically we find that it's either low air flow for any number of reasons or a dirty flame sensor. If you haven't seen our video on how to clean the flame sensor, go ahead and check that out and we're going to show you a couple of the most common air flow issues that we find when we're out in the field. Absolutely, without a doubt, the most common issue that we find is a dirty air filter. Dirty air filter restricts the amount of air that can run through your furnace and can cause it to overheat. One of the other common issues that we find is somebody has closed vents in rooms that they don't use very often. When those vents are shut off, that furnace still wants to move a certain amount of air and when it can't move that amount of air, it begins to overheat. And finally, a flame sensor that needs to be cleaned, not allowing the unit to recognize that there's a flame present and turning the unit off for safety reasons. First of all, you're going to need a new air filter to replace the dirty one. Always make sure your aero faces the equipment. Second of all, we're going to walk to every room in the house and ensure that the vent is open and allowing the maximum amount of air to flow through those vents. And third, we're going to clean that flame sensor. But a dollar works pretty well. I'm just going to keep on going back and forth on it, using that part right there. And that one is pretty clean now. And there you have it, three reasons why your furnace might be shutting off. I hope this was helpful. For all your heating and air conditioning needs, call Medley.