Nordyne Model # E2EB-015HA
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 2:13 pm
Howdy,
I have a Nordyne model # E2EB-015A furnace with the 5 ton blower in a moblile home.
This little furnace has been really reliable for the last 6 years or better. The guy I bought the trailer from, had bought and had the furnace installed a year prior to me moving in.
I've always periodically cleaned the furnace every fall for dust, and replaced filters every couple months.
Last night after work, (swing shift) I returned home I smelled what seemed like a hot element in the place. Like a toaster element, or dryer.
Couldn't source the smell, so I just forgot about it and fired up the furnace.
I also noticed that the temp was 65-70 degrees in the place, and the thermostat was only set for 55-60 degrees......?!?
So the place gets warmed up enough to turn the thermostat back down.
My bedroom and PC lurk area is nearby the furnace.
With the furnace thermostat turned down, and the furnace turned off with power still to the unit, I was hearing a switching noise.
I then inspected around the furnace, to source that switching noise.
This is when I notice the furnace unit is rather hot.
Right then it switched, and the element came on.
This is the problem, the element is switching on and off intermittently. Even when the thermostat is turned down below the actual room temp.
The blower still works fine, and I can still heat the place when I turn on the furnace, but I can't have a heater element popping on and off when I'm not around.
I can still heat the place when I'm here, and then kill the breaker switches when I leave. But I won't be able to heat the place when I'm at work.
That isn't really a big deal, it is starting to warm up around this area.
But I have a couple guinea pigs and don't want my girls to freeze when I'm at work.
Otherwise, I wouldn't be too concerned. But I need to address the problem before next winter anyway, so no better time than the present.
Why would the heater element come on and off in a intermittent manner like that?
I'm armed with digital multimeters, a VOM, and whatever else it takes to troubleshoot this nordyne furnace.
I can't afford the cash for a new furnace, so I've got to figure it out.
Replies are greatly appreciated, thanks in advance.
Sorry 'bout the long post.....
Mike Stehr.
I have a Nordyne model # E2EB-015A furnace with the 5 ton blower in a moblile home.
This little furnace has been really reliable for the last 6 years or better. The guy I bought the trailer from, had bought and had the furnace installed a year prior to me moving in.
I've always periodically cleaned the furnace every fall for dust, and replaced filters every couple months.
Last night after work, (swing shift) I returned home I smelled what seemed like a hot element in the place. Like a toaster element, or dryer.
Couldn't source the smell, so I just forgot about it and fired up the furnace.
I also noticed that the temp was 65-70 degrees in the place, and the thermostat was only set for 55-60 degrees......?!?
So the place gets warmed up enough to turn the thermostat back down.
My bedroom and PC lurk area is nearby the furnace.
With the furnace thermostat turned down, and the furnace turned off with power still to the unit, I was hearing a switching noise.
I then inspected around the furnace, to source that switching noise.
This is when I notice the furnace unit is rather hot.
Right then it switched, and the element came on.
This is the problem, the element is switching on and off intermittently. Even when the thermostat is turned down below the actual room temp.
The blower still works fine, and I can still heat the place when I turn on the furnace, but I can't have a heater element popping on and off when I'm not around.
I can still heat the place when I'm here, and then kill the breaker switches when I leave. But I won't be able to heat the place when I'm at work.
That isn't really a big deal, it is starting to warm up around this area.
But I have a couple guinea pigs and don't want my girls to freeze when I'm at work.
Otherwise, I wouldn't be too concerned. But I need to address the problem before next winter anyway, so no better time than the present.
Why would the heater element come on and off in a intermittent manner like that?
I'm armed with digital multimeters, a VOM, and whatever else it takes to troubleshoot this nordyne furnace.
I can't afford the cash for a new furnace, so I've got to figure it out.
Replies are greatly appreciated, thanks in advance.
Sorry 'bout the long post.....
Mike Stehr.