Electric Furnace Heating Element Stays On

This article is a little different and is less common than the other problems.

Electric furnace heating element stays on.

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. 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. I have checked connections and changed filters did not think it was a filter problem but it need to. Instead a component called the sequencer staggers out turning the elements on.

I show how to test fuses elements s. Currently the only way to turn of the heating element is to shut off the breakers on the electrical panel. Reconfigure the settings on the thermostat to electric mode. My furnace is acting up.

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. If your initial troubleshooting doesn t produce a resolution a professional service call is necessary for proper diagnosis. The blower disengages at the appropriate temperature according to what is set on the thermostat.

The thermostat must be configured to control an electric heater and not a fossil heater. Some things will require a professional while others can be easily fixed with a few simple tools. However the heating element remains on and continues to heat the utility room of the house. 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.

Electronic components can also lead to poor heat or no heat. But the heating elements cannot all turn on at once since this will overload the circuit. Why your furnace won t turn off. 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.

We turn it on by the fuse box and it starts fine every time but then it happens again the blower will go.