Make: Trane
Model or Series: TUX120R960W5
Type: 90% Furnace
Problem Description: Installed a new furnace control board (CNT05159) and the glow plug went out two days later.
Observed Symptoms:
- The old control board would not energize gas valve.
- The new control board functions correctly but the glow plug does not energize.
- There is no resistance reading across the glow plug.
Solution:
- The new control board came with a new glow plug that did not get installed.
- Installed the new glow plug that came with the control board.
Additional Information:
- Several manufacturers, including Trane, used an 80V glow plug in some of their gas furnaces.
- The old control board sends 80V out to the glow plug.
- The new control board sends 120V out to the glow plug.
- The new control board came as a kit which included a new board and a new 120V glow plug.