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burner comes on for a very short time

Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:33 am
by bigjoe357
good morning,
i have a coleman model #DGAT056BD , the furnance fires for a very short period (about 5 secs)
than goes out and it will cycle and do it again and just keeps repeating this, the blower is working fine i replaced the batterys in the therostat there are no codes flashing, what could the problem be? thanks Joe

Re: burner comes on for a very short time

Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 3:24 am
by Robert
Hi,

Check the remote flame sensor for cracks and clean the rod with steel wool.

Could also be the ignitor, blockage in burner orifice or orifice spud(spider/web), dirty burner.


Try those first and if still not resolved, call an hvac tech out for testing of furnace components.


Thanks,
Robert