The attached image shows a disconnected line/tube coming from the ignition box.
Can somebody please advise how to best describe the issue in a home inspection report? Your help will be greatly appreciated.
I will take the HVAC online training course in the meantime to better my education in this area.
Thanks for your help.
Tom Mathers
New InterNACHI member
How about “get the hell out of the house”?
You have a gas leak, and that ain’t no “ignition box”…
Take the on line training BEFORE you write an Inspection Report.
Okay, I have done some homework, and with regard to the second part of your comment, you were correct when you stated, “that ain’t no ignition box”. The correct terminology should have been “gas valve”
However, with regard to the first part of your comment, “you have a gas leak”, you were NOT CORRECT. Where the image shows the disconnected line/tube, that is a disconnected thermocoupler. No gases pass through a thermocouple. A very low dc current (signal) comes through the line.
By connecting the thermocoupler to the gas valve the issue has been resolved.
Thank you for your help.
Thomas Mathers
There is NO GAS LEAK as mentioned in the reply.
Now my understanding of the faulty ignition
Thank you for the reply, with regard to the second part of your reply you were correct when you stated, “that ain’t no ignition box”… The correct terminology that I should have used should have been “gas valve”.
However, with regard to the first part of your reply you were INCORRECT when you stated, “get the hell out of the house, you have a gas leak”. The image showed a disconnected line which was a thermocoupler. A thermocoupler does not have any gas passing through, a very low dc current (signal) passes through a thermocoupler.
No need to “get the hell out of the house?” Simply, connect the thermocoupler to the gas valve and the issue was resolved.
Thank you for your help.
Thomas Mathetrs
