My furnace is pissing me OFF.

[Madrone]

It's been working less and less every week ...

At first I had to go outside and into the cellar to reset it every few days. Then once a day. Now multiple times per day. Grrr. It was under 60 degrees when I woke up this morning, and after 10 minutes of fiddling I managed to make it go on. But it wouldn't stop. Finally it turned off over an hour later. I went to work, and stayed for 2 hours before coming back home. Furnace off again! Wouldn't start. I disassembled the thermostat and blew out a lot of dust and hair. Contacts look good.

Back downstairs with some wire strippers where I stripped the wires that connect the thermostat to the furnace and reconnected them. Turned the furnace switch back on and hit the reset button. HEAT. For now. The question is - did something I do fix it, or will it die again? I'm in hurry up and wait mode.

I'm going on vacation in a week, I CAN'T leave without knowing for sure there will be heat. This is SO not fun - I have other things I need to worry about before leaving besides the damned furnace.

Oh yeah, and when I got to work and went to turn off the car this morning I noticed the engine light was on. :eyes: