Water pipe going to my furnace? - Page 2 - DIY Chatroom

SULTINI · 07-02-2009, 07:49 AM

It is a piece of junk shut the water off to it and rip it out and patch the hole after looking inside as Yuri stated.

It will give you nothing but trouble and rust your furnace away.

I have found very few humidifiers in 40 years that work properly that are direct duct and furnace hook up.

There are maintenance issues and cleaning involved which the homeowners do not perform properly and according to manufacturers recommended intervals.

Red Squirrel · 07-02-2009, 02:21 PM

Sounds like a plan, that's what I'll do. I will probably remove the line and just resolder the pipe. I'll read up on proper proceedures so I do it properly and not cause any leaks. :o Never done major plumbing outside of fixing a toilet. Sure it's not too hard.

psilliman001 · 07-10-2009, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Red Squirrel

I noticed in my new house there is a water line going to the furnace. It's a regular copper pipe, then a smaller line that looks like a AC line goes to the furnace from that pipe. What would this be used for? Do I have some kind of cold water based AC in there or something? :P

I did notice my thermostat has a "cool" option, but I know as a fact there is no central air so I doubt that option actually does anything at this point.

Do some furnaces use water for self cleaning or something?

......from an old evaporative plate humidifier or some other past humidifier.........Jack