A Residential Gas Furnace In Operation

Flame sensor senses flame.

A residential gas furnace in operation.

With greenspeed intelligence and variable speed components you can avoid wasting money for heating capacity you don t need. The flames heat up a metal heat exchanger and exhaust out of the flue. The heat exchanger transfers its heat to the incoming air. A forced air furnace heats your home through a heating cycle that looks like this.

Finally the sequence of operation for the typical standing pilot gas furnace goes like this. Heat call from the thermostat. But for the most part manufacturers have all gone to a hot surface or direct spark ignition the sequence of operation is as follows. Natural gas or propane is ignited in the burner.

The lowest efficiency allowed by law for new gas furnaces is 78 percent and some new models achieve 97 percent. Variable speed furnace models using 50a51 505 506 507 controls. While most furnaces will follow the below sequences there may be variations in models and manufacturers. Pressure switch must close to go to the next step.

An oil furnace generates heat using oil while gas furnaces are fueled by natural gas propane. A call for heat from the thermostat. Carrier gas furnaces with greenspeed intelligence monitor temperature and humidity inside and out then automatically vary furnace operation as needed to provide an ideal combination of comfort and energy efficiency. The inducer motor begins to spin and creates a vacuum to insure the left over gasses go out the exhaust pipe.

A gas furnace made in the early 1970s typically has an afue of about 65 percent. Gas furnace sequence of operation. The inducer draft combustion blower motor then starts. Control board does a safety check limit switches roll out switches.

Hot surface ignitor begins getting hot direct spark ignitor begins to spark. Normally a hot air furnace oil or gas burner will turn on immediately when the thermostat calls for heat. Inducer motor comes on. The furnace is in standby mode waiting for a call for heat the thermostat has a call for heat which closes a switch inside the thermostat and sends 24 volts to the w heat terminal on the control board.

The gas side of the standing pilot gas furnace consists of a gas valve a pilot assembly the pilot and main burners and the flue which exhausts the gases after the combustion process is complete. See furnace ecmtm2 motor operation. Gas furnaces are typically more efficient and offer lower fuel costs but are more expensive than oil furnaces up front. The white rodgers integrated furnace control i f c is an automatic ignition control module that uses microcomputer based circuitry to continuously monitor analyze and control the proper operation of the gas.