Couple found dead in sweltering South Carolina home as heater reached a blazing 1,000 degrees

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[–]hfxB0oyA 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

The moral of this story is that there are some things you should leave to professionals.

[–]Musky[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Yeah I've heard a few death by furnace stories now, although this was the first time I've heard of one getting that hot. Usually it's CO poisoning at fault.

[–]Zapped 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I just had to replace a gas furnace due to the heat exchanger leaking. I found out because the flame sensor kept tripping. If I had bypassed this sensor by shunting the wires, it would have allowed carbon-monoxide to get into the house. A new heat exchanger (metal tubes) for the old unit was $1600 and a complete new unit was $2600. My brother-in-law got it for me at cost.