The furnace quit two weeks ago, but because it is summer I ignored it. Yesterday was cold though. So I measured the mV on the thermocouple and decided it was bad. Also The relief valve on the water heater started leaking so I replace that and drained the tank while I was at it.
When the cold weather comes in its due time, you’ll be grateful for having done the work. Good on ya, mate.
Good that you were able to figure it out. I once had my furnace break down in winter and the repair folks were booked out 3 weeks. So, I tried to fix it myself. Just figuring out what piece was bad was the hardest part.
Something something if women don’t find you handsome they should at least find you handy
I wish I was that handy.
It’s not as hard as you think to start, but it takes forever. I used to wait until stuff broke and needed replacing. I’d open it up and “try to fix it” knowing that I was going to break it worse and that I was buying a new one anyways. Looked up a lot of videos on YouTube.
Little by little I leaned to take things apart and put them back together without breaking them worse (mostly). Then I started to buy cheap Amazon spare parts to try to fix things without taking a big risk. Again I figured if I could buy a few more months of use it would be worth the risk.
After about 20 years I have a lot more confidence and have a pretty good success rate for household repairs and probably 30% for broken appliances. Sometimes shit is irreparably fucked, sometimes it’s still beyond my skill. When I fix something I usually get a couple of extra years out of it. It’s a nice hobby, save a few bucks sometimes. Better than spending an afternoon on the Internet.
Dude, you need to chill out.
Sorry man…
This might almost be too exciting for this community
