The furnace man arrived about ten minutes ago and is now crawling around the attic, poking at the unit (if you know anything about forced-air heaters, it’s a Goodman/Janitrol GMP100-3). Getting him to the point of “crawling around the attic’ involved taking every bit of clothing out of my closet, as well as both hanger bars. This is why I hate furnace trouble so; aside from the problem itself, I have the annoyance of tearing apart and then rebuilding the entire closet.
ETA: Bloody hell. The circuit board is blown out so the venter motor won’t come on; without the venter running, the gas jets send flame where they shouldn’t and try to catch the unit afire; the blower motor also won’t come on without the circuit board. Now the repairman has to go find out how hard it is to get a circuit board or even if a circuit board can be had. It if can be, he thinks it’ll cost $125 to $150 for the board and two or three hours at $75 an hour to install it, and that no sooner than Monday. On top of today’s diagnostic call we’re close to $500, which even so would be tons less than having to buy a new furnace. Still, ick.
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