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WONT HEAT. BLOWER COMES ON BUT NO HEAT. IT HAS NO

WONT HEAT. BLOWER COMES ON BUT NO HEAT. IT HAS NO PILOT LIGHT. THE THERMOSTAT SAYS "TU"

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Hi, can you let me know if this is a stand alone heater. It say's you have a Honeywell programmable stat, but knowing what type of heater you have would help very much in solving this problem for you. Please get back to me so I can help. If it is a portable or free standing, the first solution sounds correct about the relay to the element, but I need to know more about this heater. Thank you,
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I'm assuming that this is a portable heater. If not let me know. If it is it sounds like the heating coil is bad or the relay which turns on the heat is not working. TU probably means turn up the thermostat. I guess you could try that but it seems pretty obvious. Let me know how you make out.

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