Troubleshooting the Pressure Switch in a Gas Furnace!

Published 2018-10-23
In This HVACR Training Video, We Diagnose a Gas Furnace Pressure Switch by Reading the Voltage Across the Switch and the Negative Water Column Pressure to see if the Pressure Switch is Open or Closed and Why the Error Code Exists. We use a Digital Multimeter and a Digital Dual Water Column Manometer for Troubleshooting. Supervision is needed by a licensed HVACR Tech while doing this as Experience and Apprenticeship garners Wisdom and Safety.

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  • @nurfetalic205
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  • @Digitaldendo
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  • @chriscooper9729
    Thank you very much. I'm a new technician I need all the help I can get your videos or not just informative but their inspirational as well.
  • @ejohnfall
    Thanks again perfect time it started to get cold
  • @bills6946
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  • @caseyfike226
    Thank you for your great content & sharing your expertise with us. But 1 question I have that I've wondered is, say the furnace goes through its sequence and starts heating. What if the pressure switch opens back up after it's already started heating, will the system shut back down or will it wait until next start up cycle. Thank you so much again.
  • I've found the water column rating for the pressure switchs on the actual schematic in small writing in some cases.
  • @stephens1950
    Just replaced a pressure that was BAD. The replacement just gave me problems after a week of working. Thoughts?
  • @benkuxhouse787
    Great video. I've been doing HVAC for a 30 years 33 to be exact and have never had a really good procedure on very tough pressure switch problems. I work for a school district now and don't have to deal with it as much but we still have some furnaces there. How did you figure out it was the induction tube by your pressures that you were reading? Cuz they both right about the same. What I've done in the past is I've just disconnected both the supply in the exhaust and see if it would come on to see if it is the exhaust or intake piping. Real good video and I know it's going to help me in the future but how did you figure that one out by just looking at those pressures that it was the intake?
  • @fazesenso2864
    Hello! I noticed that you had the positive port of the manometer hooked to the - Side of the switch (more of a vacuum ) . And the negative port of the manometer hooked to the + side of the switch that connects to the burner box which is atmospheric. For ur differential. Is that a mistake ? Or does it not matter ??? I’m a new technician out of school and I am constantly running into pressure switch issues and I am trying to really grasp what readings I’m looking at and what readings I should have 100%. So I am not just guessing
  • @Matthew-jr1xr
    Im wondering why on a new install why sometimes priming the drain trap is needed so the pressure switch makes but then the same issue is present when the trap is clogged..🤔
  • @robcarnaroli269
    Great video but now I'm dying to know what was the blockage!