Electric Furnace Heating Element Stays On

An electric furnace can be a convenient way to heat a home when something goes wrong it can become a nightmare.

Electric furnace heating element stays on.

If the thermostat is in fossil mode the usual default then it will not activate the electric furnace blower in auto when heat is called for. The thermostat must be configured to control an electric heater and not a fossil heater. We have to shut it off by the fuse box until it gets cold again. A faulty element for example is a critical part for proper comfort control.

Currently the only way to turn of the heating element is to shut off the breakers on the electrical panel. The blower disengages at the appropriate temperature according to what is set on the thermostat. I show how to test fuses elements s. If your initial troubleshooting doesn t produce a resolution a professional service call is necessary for proper diagnosis.

But the heating elements cannot all turn on at once since this will overload the circuit. I have checked connections and changed filters did not think it was a filter problem but it need to. We turn it on by the fuse box and it starts fine every time but then it happens again the blower will go. Some things will require a professional while others can be easily fixed with a few simple tools.

My furnace is acting up. It is important to note that there are a variety of reasons that your furnace won t turn off many of which are outside of your control. In this video i show how to use basic electrical troubleshooting methods to diagnose problems with electrical furnaces. When it heats and reaches the temperature that the thermostat it set the blower shuts off but the heating element stays on to where the furnace starts to overheat and smells like a burnt hair dryer.

An electric furnace works by turning on a series of electric heating elements that generate heat through coils much like the heating elements in a toaster or electric oven. However the heating element remains on and continues to heat the utility room of the house. Instead a component called the sequencer staggers out turning the elements on. This article is a little different and is less common than the other problems.

Reconfigure the settings on the thermostat to electric mode.