Once upon a furnace...

Once upon a time... There was a guy that was diligently working to get his furnace back in working order to provide much needed Wrath to his family. After he replaced everything that he thought necessary or wise to touch... he called his father for guidance in the ways of the inner workings of this mythical fire breathing dragon. His father being a great night, having done many battles with these fire breathing demons. After talking through every option and hearing either Already changed it... check it or cleaned it... This great night promised to ride to the aid of the Stable boy possessing only the meekest of armor and weapons... there would be a matter of time that had to elapse before the arrival of the aforementioned Knight. So all waited as there were no further inspections or repairs that could be performed until the magic hour had arrived. Alright enough with the knight analogy because to be honest I don't rightly know how to convert "Transducer" into terms of yore. ~[shrug]~ So onto it.

The Big Bang... Things were going along alright and we got the furnace to belch and fire into existence. The last bastion of the dying beast attempting to thwart further efforts on our part. So we sat there next to the open access panel watching as it fired... got to temp... burner went out... was called into service again... and while we watched... it ignited and fired again... So Dad said why don't ya closer her up and we will get the tools picked up and go have a cup of coffee and warm up. Sounded great to me. I slide the door into place... closing up the access area. we began gathering the tools... Scootched down half sitting on cement pad blocks that I had down there. I had bleed the system while changing the filter and Nozzle so I had some fuel in a capped off bottle and some in an old Oil change catch pan. I asked the old man if he wanted me to dump the stuff from the oil container into the bottle. I was holding the Bottle and one side of the drain pan, back to the furnace, Dad was holding the other side and we were slowly pouring the waste into the bottle. We were both focused on the pour. Ya ever have the feeling something is about to go terribly wrong? I got that feeling in the pit of my stomach and as I was lifting my head up... I head what Passed for a sucking sound briefly and as my eyes turned up and began to focus I Heard an explosion that I felt in the air as well and saw the big grey rectangle of the access panel making a fast approach. I swore and swung my face to the side which made Dad kinda crunch forward and press his back out to take the blow instead of his head. The panel hit him in the shoulder/ back area and me on the shoulder and arm area and came to rest leaned against us bent in a U-shape. I looked at him, and he at me. After the initial quick... "You okay?" 'Yup' 'You okay?' "Yup." The explosion had blown the plugs out of the chimney and out of the system. With them off I cleaned out the duct work... Why not I mean they were open at that point. ;p the Plugs had made it across the room QUITE a long way... so those go reattached after they were gathered up.

After the swearing... I swore again and we started laughing & joking about it. Well it turns out the Transducer was failing some of the time but not all of the time. So we had the proper rated replacement.... Much thanks to my Dad. But the size of it did not match the hinged hold down. So We ended up Creating a bracket for it and all was well. I still need to get a new transducer that bolt directly on... But changing it was no big deal... The explosion though was quite a jarring experience for both Dad and I . I'll

Leave you with This... After all was well and we had bent the access panel back into shape and affixed it we went up stair to bask in the warmth and continue to joke over coffee & hot cocoa. Mom said (to the wife) Don't be concerned if you see Little black flecks in the snow in the morning after THAT bang. I interrupted in my usual sense of humor with 'Well for a minute I thought I was gonna have Little black flecks in my drawers after THAT friggin' explosion' That is all for now I guess. ~Later