What would cause a gas furnace to draw too many amps?

[kailor]

What would cause a gas furnace to draw too many amps?

[jimbo]

Exactly what do you mean by too many amps? As in it blew a fuse??? That is a short circuit, look for burned transformer, overheated motor, etc.

[kreemoweet]

Stalled/jammed blower fan motor?

[Runs with bison]

Can the blower turn freely? I had a bearing failure in one many years ago, it seized. Interestingly, it didn't trip the breaker, and the blower motor didn't burn out...which was good because I couldn't find replacement bearings and had to rebuild it from parts I scavenged off another similar old blower that a shop had removed when replacing a unit. I think I handed the shop owner a couple of bucks for the old unit, other than that the repair was free.

Anyway, I'm assuming blower because it is the biggest amp draw. The second biggest user would be the induced draft fan.

[hj]

quote; The second biggest user would be the induced draft fan.

It may be the "second biggest draw", but it still a "Very small" one. We would have to know what he means by "excessive amps" and how he determined it.

[kailor]

Merry Christmas everyone! I'm helping my sister-in-law with this issue. I'll try to find out what the amp draw was according to the repairman. No one available til Tuesday. She said they got the furnace running but did not know how long it would last. Right now, I've very limited information. Thanks for your inputs thus far.