Furnace Repair in Ely, NV
Furnaces here run from September through June. If yours quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers White Pine County will get in touch.
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Ten months of heat puts a lot of hours on your furnace
In Ely, your furnace runs September through June. That is ten months of the year it has to work, and on winter nights that average 17°F, it runs long and often to keep up.
Most homes here heat with electricity, and that means a power outage takes your furnace down with it, not just the lights. White Pine County sees real winter weather, storms and damaging wind both are common most years, and when the power drops your furnace stops until it comes back on. If your furnace has been slow to recover after an outage, or it is running long stretches without keeping the house warm, that is worth having looked at.
- 10 months
- September through June, your furnace is on duty
- 17°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 226 winter storms
- in ten years, the nights a failure hurts most
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
Nevada requires HVAC contractors to hold a state license.
The Nevada State Contractors Board tests contractors before they can hold this license, and it keeps a record of who holds one. The license belongs to the contractor, not to any single job, so it stands behind everything that contractor does, not just the furnace in front of them today.
For a furnace repair, that license is what backs the work. Gas connections are the part of the job that can go wrong in a way that matters, and in Nevada the contractor doing that work is the one the state has already screened and put on record.
Sources: Nevada Legislature · Nevada State Contractors Board
- Why won't my furnace turn on?
- Most of the time it's the thermostat, the power supply, or the igniter. Check that the thermostat is set to heat and the batteries are good. Next check the breaker and the furnace's power switch, since a tripped breaker or a switch bumped off will stop it cold. If those are fine, the igniter may have failed, and that's not something to test yourself. With winter lows here averaging 17°F, a furnace that won't start needs a contractor out soon rather than waited on.
- Why is my furnace blowing cold air?
- If air is moving but it's not warm, the burners likely aren't lighting even though the blower is running. That can mean a bad igniter, a dirty flame sensor, or a gas supply problem. It can also mean the furnace is warming up and the blower started before the air heated, which corrects itself in a minute or two. If cold air keeps coming for longer than that, have a contractor look at the burners and ignition system.
- Why won't my furnace pilot light stay lit?
- A pilot that won't stay lit usually points to the thermocouple, the small sensor that tells the gas valve the flame is burning. If it's dirty, out of position, or worn out, it reads no flame and shuts the gas off even though the pilot was lit. A draft blowing across the pilot can cause the same thing. Either way it needs a contractor to check the thermocouple and the flame itself, since relighting it without fixing the cause just means it goes out again.