The furnace is the hero of a house in winter. But there’s one tiny part inside it that most homeowners don’t even know exists, let alone realize they’re supposed to clean – the flame sensor. Left ...

If your gas furnace keeps cycling on and then turning off within a minute or so, it might be the result of a dirty flame sensor. Most gas furnaces have a small sensor designed to shut off the furnace ...

I recently came upon a great flame sensing electronics project tailored for fire art installations. I learned from the project documentation that certain types of fire art installations are required ...

If you heat your home with natural gas, oil or propane, chances are your furnace or boiler has a pilot light. With the help of two experts — Joshua Smith from Berkshire Heating and Cooling and ...

Q. I was down in our basement the other day when I heard what sounded like a small roaring noise coming from the furnace. Upon further investigation I realized it was the pilot light burning away.

Your pilot light went out. Don’t worry you’re not alone. This is one of the most common problems that can happen to older gas furnaces. So what exactly is a pilot light, why did it go out, and how can ...

Bob is a service technician who is well trained and nationally certified. However, he has sometimes suffered from the same confusion that all technicians occasionally do — the facts that he gathers ...