re: #130 Joe Bacon

Do they even make replacement parts for that anymore?

My old apartment heater would get my main room toasty in less than 30 minutes. Then the apartment management company replaced all our wall heaters with “energy efficient” models that take forever to warm up. I now have a Vornado fan by the heater to move the air around and I also have a Dyson Hot electric fan that kicks in when it gets into the 40s.

I have no idea. I am going to take a look at the furnace later today to see if I can fix it. (The pilot light won’t stay lit after releasing the start button. Four likely candidates: 1) The thermocouple has bent away from the light - I had that happen before on a different furnace - fixed by bending it back into the flame. 2) The wire to the thermocouple is open. I can fix that (either by finding the open or just replacing the whole thing) 3) Thermocouple has gone bad 4) Safety shut off valve for the gas line has gone bad.

If it’s 3) or 4) I can’t fix it. As for whether parts are available, I guess I would find out.