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I have a 15 ton carrier gas pack at work with inducer motor and spark igniter with hall senser ..showed error 6 flashes on igc board which the drawing said was inducer motor or hall senser problem..replaced both..they were old and rusty..error still there..inducer runs for 1 to 2 minutes..times out starts over again..no ignition..cannot here gas valve solonoid/coil click..checked igniter and flame senser cleaned..but they looked great ..no cracks anywhere..replaced heat exchanger 2 years ago..problem just started...carrier model # 48tjf016..550 qa...could this still be a gas solonoid /coil??what else is left on this model??Can error codes be wrong sometimes?/

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The error code is always right. Sometimes misleading, but in 15+ yrs I've seen, always right. I'm not familiar with a Hall Sensor. If this is a remote sensor, as in a remote location that senses in the hall and not at the tstat then I know what you're calling a hall sensor. Make sure your IDM is working and closing the air proving switch. And that no other safeties are in that circuit. Check continuity to the remote sensor wiring and all connections? I've seen hot surface ignitors look fine and not work, but pulled a new off the truck and the new worked. All else fails, remote sensors are tough to get a good ohm value due to a temp difference affecting the ohms, replace it. I'm not sure why your "drawing" would relate the IDM to a remote sensor so I'd focus on the IDM and follow the voltage trail.

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Anonymous

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SOURCE: (HVAC) Furnace Not Igniting Quickly

Make sure a back draft in the flue is not happening. Wind can blow it out until the flue heats up. The flame sensor may not be close enough to the burner flame. It may be weak and need to be replaced or if its an optical one it may be dirty and not see the flame very well. Its not wasting much gas but it puts extra wear and tear on the gas controls, is noisy, and, as you said, blows cold drafty air. A gas control system that has issues of any kind is not real safe. It needs to get fixed.

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Mar 12, 2009

SOURCE: No flame on left side/main valve. Right side lights, flames up

Try taking out the orifice on the burner that is not lighting and make sure it isn't blocked.

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Perry Putnam

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  • Posted on Mar 31, 2009

SOURCE: goodman gas pack,stopped working,replaced batterys

What switch are you resetting? If it's a limit or roll out then first check for proper air flow (filter, A/C coil) to see if it's overheating. Then watch the burner flames. When the blower comes on do they change shape, color or waiver? If so you may have a cracked heat exchanger.

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Mike Butler

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  • Posted on Mar 13, 2010

SOURCE: Gas Furnace will not start when outside temperature rises to 50F

The anticipator basically prolongs or reduces the time from shut down to start up, so your furnace or air conditioner isn't cycling too much , off and on. It also will anticipate that the setting you have the thermostat set at is near, and will shut thermostat/burner off early, assuming that the temperature will be reached soon, just from heat already in chamber being circulated through system. If it gets too cold before furnace turns on, adjust anticipator, if too hot when it shuts down, go the other way, but whenever you move it, just go a little at a time, until you get it where you want it.

Testimonial: "Thanks for the explanation about anticipators. Do they figure much in furnace problems?"

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jan 10, 2011

SOURCE: carrier 8000. call for heat but inducer motor

Where I live you had to be a franchised carrier dealer to sell carrier units. I did not have a large enough business to qualify so I'm not an expert on their units. However one of my best friends is a service tech for carrier and honeywell and I called him and he told me they had some bad control boardson that series. Unfortunatley there is no repair other than replacing the board. Sorry I'm not more help but this was all I could find. Thank you

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