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gas house heater blower wont turn on when called for heat. just hear a click.
« on: October 12, 2014, 04:32:13 PM »
gas house heater blower wont turn on when called for heat. just hear a click.

...fired up the boiler today and when i switched the house thermostat to heat and adjusted the temp all i hear is a click at the blower in the basement! what could cause this?
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Re: gas house heater blower wont turn on when called for heat. just hear a click.
« Reply #1 on: October 12, 2014, 07:33:11 PM »
Blower motor shot?
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Re: gas house heater blower wont turn on when called for heat. just hear a click.
« Reply #2 on: October 13, 2014, 07:06:53 PM »
Did you make any writing changes to your thermostat?
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Re: gas house heater blower wont turn on when called for heat. just hear a click.
« Reply #3 on: October 13, 2014, 07:37:23 PM »
capacitor could be bad
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Re: gas house heater blower wont turn on when called for heat. just hear a click.
« Reply #4 on: October 13, 2014, 08:23:04 PM »
Can you manually turn the fan on with your thermostat?
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Re: gas house heater blower wont turn on when called for heat. just hear a click.
« Reply #5 on: October 14, 2014, 07:27:46 AM »
You are going to have to explain a bit better, is there power to the blower when your TT calls for heat?
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