Furnace Repair in Kupreanof, AK
If your furnace quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Petersburg Borough will get in touch.
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Kupreanof asks a furnace to run all year
There is no season off. Your furnace needs to hold winter nights that average 28°F from December through February, then keep working the rest of the year too, because homes here need heat in every month. That is a lot of cycles on the igniter and the burner, with no long stretch to rest between them.
Over half the homes here heat with electricity, so a power outage is a heating problem, not just a lights problem. Storms here have knocked out power before, and when it comes back, some furnaces need a hand to start again. If yours went cold during an outage and stayed cold after the lights came back on, that is worth a look.
- 28°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 5 winter storms
- in ten years, the nights a failure hurts most
NOAA 1991–2020 monthly normals
Alaska requires contractors to register with the state.
Registration puts the business on file with the state. Nobody tested the contractor's gas work to get that number, and no state exam stands behind it, so the registration tells you the business exists and nothing about whether they do good work.
Gas connections are the dangerous part of a furnace repair, since a bad one leaks or fails to vent properly. Alaska's registration does not check that work. It only records that the business is on file.
Source: Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development
- Why won't my furnace turn on?
- Start with the thermostat and the power to the unit, since those cause more no-heat calls than anything inside the furnace. Check that the thermostat is set to heat and the temperature is above room temperature, and check the breaker and any switch that looks like a light switch near the furnace itself. If those are fine, the igniter may have failed or a safety switch may have tripped and shut the system down before it could start. With winter lows here averaging 28°F, a furnace that won't start is not something to leave for later, and a contractor can find which of these it is.
- Why is my furnace blowing cold air?
- Most often this means the blower is running but the burners haven't lit, so air is moving through the ducts without being heated. A dirty flame sensor or a failed igniter can cause this, since the furnace tries to start, fails, and locks out while the fan keeps blowing. It can also happen for a short stretch right when the furnace first kicks on, before the heat exchanger warms up. If the air stays cold for more than a few minutes, the furnace needs a contractor to look at it, since homes here need heat through the winter and this isn't something to wait out.
- Why won't my furnace pilot light stay lit?
- A pilot light that won't stay lit is usually a thermocouple problem. That part sits in the pilot flame and tells the gas valve the flame is present, and once it wears out or gets out of position, the valve shuts the gas off as a safety measure even though the pilot was burning. A draft blowing across the pilot or a dirty pilot orifice can cause the same thing. A standing pilot doesn't use electricity, so this isn't tied to a power outage. It's a gas control issue, and a contractor should be the one to adjust or replace the part.