RickNB
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Today I had my first chance to give my new 3200ES a good look over from the inside. Because it is still around freezing here I had been running the furnace while puttering around inside and when I pulled one of the kitchen drawers out it felt realy warm. The furnace is right next to the drawers but it seemed that there should not be that much heat under the cabinets. Anyway I took off one of the floor vents and used a mirror to check for obstructions in the duct work. What I found was the feed to the main duct run from the furnace which is about 18" long is collapsed as it enters the main run only a small portion of it is allowing air from the furnace to enter the main run and is probably causing enough back pressure to make the box of the furnace warmer than it should be. It was definatly too hot to touch. Is there a over temp cutout on these things? The box of the furnace is not isolated from the rest of the storage area and things could get up against it causing flamable items to get pretty hot. Has anybody else had any problems like this and if so was there a easy fix? From what I can see either the furnace will have to be removed or the underbelly taken down to get at this or maybe both.
Rick
Rick