What is that sound from our furnace?
What is that sound from our furnace?
(OP)
We have a gas-fired, forced air furnace for heating our home. When we turn up the thermostat or when the temperature drops, of course the furnace comes "on."
When it comes on, there is a low frequency sound that is emitted while it begins to heat before the fan starts. I can hear this sound even without my hearing aids. Surely this is not just the sound of flames heating the plenum or whatever they are heating.
This is not a problem. I am simply curious about - what is that sound?
When it comes on, there is a low frequency sound that is emitted while it begins to heat before the fan starts. I can hear this sound even without my hearing aids. Surely this is not just the sound of flames heating the plenum or whatever they are heating.
This is not a problem. I am simply curious about - what is that sound?
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Not really the place for this kind of question. Where would that place be?
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in-noc-u-ous
[ih-nok-yoo-uh s]
adjective
1. not harmful or injurious; harmless:
an innocuous home remedy.
2. not likely to irritate or offend; inoffensive; an innocuous remark.
3. not interesting, stimulating, or significant; pallid; insipid:
I suppose even though it is intended as 1 or 2, some people take it as 3 since 1 includes the horrid "home remedy" clause.
I have answered a few dumb or silly questions on tips so maybe I can be forgiven one more time.
In any event, now I know where to go for these kind of questions.
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If you can see that the flame is good and steady all over the burner then fine, but worth looking to see what you can see.
Fan noise is still the best guess, but it shouldn't be that loud IMO.
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