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    donbunker900 Posts: 5, Reputation: 1
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    Nov 29, 2007, 09:16 PM
    Furnace fan won't run on "auto"
    I have an 18 yr old lennox gas furnace that has worked fine until this winter. If I set the thermostat to heat, the fan to auto, and set the dail up over the room temp, the gas burner lights for about 2-3 minutes... then turns off. If I flip the fan from "auto" to "on", it will fire up and heat until it reaches set temp. During this heat-up, if I flip the fan to "auto"... the fan goes off but the burners stay on... I took the honeywell bi-metallic switch out and cleaned it... still no go. I have a feeling the problem may be in this limit switch... but am guessing. Can one clean the electrical contacts in these switches? Thanks in advance for any input! Don bunker
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    Nov 30, 2007, 03:59 AM
    Your fan control switch is defective. Sometimes this is called a combination fan and limit control.
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