Woke up at 4:30 this morning to find it a little chilly in my house. Furnace kicked out.
So it seems the exhaust and intake pipes are too close together. So the warm exhaust condensate turns to fine ice as soon as it comes out and the intake sucks it in and clogs the intake pipe. Then that trips a safety switch at the furnace. (Propane Heat)
So I have to go outside and clean out the intake pipe and kick away the ice build up. Then to the basement to take off the doors to expose the guts of the furnace. Then I have to hold the switch where the door is and hit the reset for the safety thing.
When the house was built I guess codes weren't in place on how far apart these two pipes had to be from each other. So I was thinking of adding extension pieces to the pipes to separate the distance.
Anyone know if this will affect the furnace?
On a side note, it was so cold that I burnt my hand on my door handle!!!!
And I guess this is good weather to make ice!
Roger