[kwlug-disc] winter and furnace
Mikalai Birukou
mb at 3nsoft.com
Mon Feb 9 14:54:42 EST 2026
> There are these little pipes that go between enclosed area in furnace
> and membrane switches to detect presence of pressure difference between
> normal/room and that enclosed area with air/fumes flow.
>
> Other season, there was a burned ash in one of pipes, after burner, I
> suppose.
>
> One more season, I gently blew in and out of pipe into membrane switch
> to hear it flip. It got unstuck, and continued proper operation.
>
> This season, a pipe had a drop of water in it. Surface tension in a
> small radius obvious stopped pressure difference from pushing membrane.
>
> I guess, cleanup includes dusting furnace, and blowing through some
> pipes. :) Noting that three events happened over 15 years.
Better word, little tubes, rubbery tubes few millimeters in diameter.
Not pipes.
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