How to Clean a Flame Sensor

How to Clean a Flame Sensor

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[tscan]

You just saved me on the coldest day of the year (-6)! Heater would ignite but not stay on. After following your instructions, bingo, we have heat. Can’t thank you enough!

[sunshyn]

I can’t thank you enough. The temperature had dropped to 50 degrees in our house overnight and the furnace was blowing cold air. Your instructions were so simple I had to at least try it—and it worked! I am so pleased.

[sfurlong]

No heat or steel wool (which i hate) i followed this and yeah i sort of scraped the damn thing with a screw driver. It freaking worked....lol
I assume most if you all guy's here idk.
I have all son's and would get a side eye if they watched.
I'll get my guy here to service it, but i have heat heat in this Thanksgiving eve.
Btw... I'm 65 and I can rig it!!! 😂
God bless all of you!

[alextupa]

Thank you! The same night we just got some chicks in and a cold front was moving into MN our furnace stopped working. Got it up and running in a couple minutes thanks to you!

[christopherlopez]

You saved a family of 5. Thank you for your willingness to help others!!!

[brianleuenberger]

You are the man! I just spent serious coin on this furnace 3 years ago and your tips just saved the day!

[pattiellen]

I got out of bed at midnight and tried this. My furnace was going off and on but never heating my home. It worked! A 10 minute fix!

[kanekadn]

A simple one minute video helped keep us warm here in negative 6 Chicago.

[Sharkie]

I just told my husband that this had to be done, he does furnace and duct cleaning, but never knew about this. I did, because before we got together my furnace has had to have this done, and also being a plumber/gasfitters daughter I know a few things, worked for my dad too. This video was great, off he went, and for a few moments of no heat and freezing as it's -30C out, he got to it, but it was me that had to get in at it, my hands were smaller!! We got it done with teamwork and are warming up. Now hoping it will stop cycling off and on so often!

[paulrozinski]

Everyone has their favorite to clean flame sensors, mine is green Scotch Brite.
I’ve also heard that using a dollar bill cleans it just fine. Some have taken it a step farther saying that the larger the denomination of the bill, the cleaner the sensor comes out.😂😂

[donnyostos]

You just saved a family of 7 and a dog, Thank you a lot! Like how you just get to the point 👍🏻

[MattMcMichael]

Thank you for your post! It’s exactly what I needed to do for my furnace that kept shutting off after a few seconds of flame turning on. I would add I used a #0 steel of wool from Home Depot which was one step coarseness above the one that is mostly for polishing metals.

[landocycle]

Furnace broke in the winter, on a Sunday. Thank you for this, it’s running!!

[MariaArroyo-my]

I woke up to a cold house and the furnace kept shutting down. After trouble shooting the filter and the thermostat I watched your video, cleaned the flame sensor and we have heat again! Thank you so much!

[andthesunsets]

Good video. Very simple but necessary maintenance for homeowner.

[amorales]

Thanks for the info. I was told that if you use something like steel wool, you can create burrs that will cause the flame sensor to collect dirt faster. Some people recommend using a dollar bill to clean the flame sensor.

[natedelong]

I just got home with my house in the mid 50 degree This ended up being the problem and was able to get it going within a few minutes of seeing the video. And to think this would’ve been a couple hundred bucks to call someone out here for it

[ben_wright]

Your guy just quoted me 7.5k and this is all that needed to be done to get it running 😢

[jamminwrenches]

Use stainless steel wool scrub pads to clean the stainless steel flame sensor rod. Using regular steel wool will impregnate non stainless steel into the rod making it rust and corrode faster. It emits electrons through the fire into the grounded furnace body. Corroded rods don't emit as much as the board is looking for so it's best to keep it clean as new. Check your ground connection if problems persist.

[tgeliot]

I especially liked the part where he explained exactly how to test the flame sensor.