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Warpy

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2. Hard to say, but the clicking at the furnace suggests

Reply to ProudToBeBlueInRhody (Original post)

Thu Nov 1, 2012, 09:23 PM

Nov 2012

there is a faulty connection from the thermostat to the burner switch or something wrong within the stack control.

I'd call a professional for this one.

While you can clean the soot out of a stack control yourself, it's a nasty job and there is no guarantee that's the problem.

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Thermostat or furnace? [View all] ProudToBeBlueInRhody Nov 2012 OP

If the furnace responds somehow, then it's the furnace. If it doesn't, it could still be. jeff47 Nov 2012 #1

Hard to say, but the clicking at the furnace suggests Warpy Nov 2012 #2

+1...I had a similar issue once and that was the very problem. A pro fixed it in no time. nt MADem Nov 2012 #3

Thanks, 'm pretty sure that's part of it ProudToBeBlueInRhody Nov 2012 #4

Been a long time since I've had an oil burner, but Thor_MN Nov 2012 #5

Do you have a boiler and not a furnace? Kaleva Nov 2012 #6

Sounds like the igniter is going bad. sinkingfeeling Nov 2012 #7