I'd like some heat please!
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We're finally out of the 20 below zero (F) temps and just above 0. Now, my furnace isn't working right. This is the first time I've had a digital program box to control the furnace so I changed the batteries and messed with the program. Well, it's still only 62 degrees in my house. The repair man comes this afternoon. Hopefully my parrots don't freeze before then. My husband sent me an email the other day when it was cold. (These temps are normal but since we had such a mild winter up till now it seems to be hitting people harder.) I thought it was funny: We are huddled together for warmth in my office. Boome [one of the cats] is so cold that he actually jumped into my arms off the floor [he's handicapped and not cuddly]. Then he drooled in my ear. Not on my ear. IN my ear. We are burning post-its for additional heat. I think the drool in my ear is turning to ice. It's so cold that the cats teeth chatter when they meow. It's kind of a "me-ow-ow-ow-ow-I'm-cold" sound. It's so cold the oven needs an oven. It's so cold that hell called to ask if they could borrow a couple logs. Its' so cold that the butter has to be defrosted. It's so cold that when I tried to start the Blazer it just said "Uh-uh." It's so cold that I had to move all the food out of the freezer so I could find a warmer place to sit. It's so cold that I think Kelvin just got negative. It's so cold that I saw a squirrel skin a rabbit for it's pelt. It's so cold that I heard the driveway his "..s-s-save yourself..." when I tried to shovel it. It's cold.
_________________________________________________________________ Hey! I don't parallel park big brown Econoline vans on the left side of the road!
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We're finally out of the 20 below zero (F) temps and just above 0. Now, my furnace isn't working right. This is the first time I've had a digital program box to control the furnace so I changed the batteries and messed with the program. Well, it's still only 62 degrees in my house. The repair man comes this afternoon. Hopefully my parrots don't freeze before then. My husband sent me an email the other day when it was cold. (These temps are normal but since we had such a mild winter up till now it seems to be hitting people harder.) I thought it was funny: We are huddled together for warmth in my office. Boome [one of the cats] is so cold that he actually jumped into my arms off the floor [he's handicapped and not cuddly]. Then he drooled in my ear. Not on my ear. IN my ear. We are burning post-its for additional heat. I think the drool in my ear is turning to ice. It's so cold that the cats teeth chatter when they meow. It's kind of a "me-ow-ow-ow-ow-I'm-cold" sound. It's so cold the oven needs an oven. It's so cold that hell called to ask if they could borrow a couple logs. Its' so cold that the butter has to be defrosted. It's so cold that when I tried to start the Blazer it just said "Uh-uh." It's so cold that I had to move all the food out of the freezer so I could find a warmer place to sit. It's so cold that I think Kelvin just got negative. It's so cold that I saw a squirrel skin a rabbit for it's pelt. It's so cold that I heard the driveway his "..s-s-save yourself..." when I tried to shovel it. It's cold.
_________________________________________________________________ Hey! I don't parallel park big brown Econoline vans on the left side of the road!
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We're finally out of the 20 below zero (F) temps and just above 0. Now, my furnace isn't working right. This is the first time I've had a digital program box to control the furnace so I changed the batteries and messed with the program. Well, it's still only 62 degrees in my house. The repair man comes this afternoon. Hopefully my parrots don't freeze before then. My husband sent me an email the other day when it was cold. (These temps are normal but since we had such a mild winter up till now it seems to be hitting people harder.) I thought it was funny: We are huddled together for warmth in my office. Boome [one of the cats] is so cold that he actually jumped into my arms off the floor [he's handicapped and not cuddly]. Then he drooled in my ear. Not on my ear. IN my ear. We are burning post-its for additional heat. I think the drool in my ear is turning to ice. It's so cold that the cats teeth chatter when they meow. It's kind of a "me-ow-ow-ow-ow-I'm-cold" sound. It's so cold the oven needs an oven. It's so cold that hell called to ask if they could borrow a couple logs. Its' so cold that the butter has to be defrosted. It's so cold that when I tried to start the Blazer it just said "Uh-uh." It's so cold that I had to move all the food out of the freezer so I could find a warmer place to sit. It's so cold that I think Kelvin just got negative. It's so cold that I saw a squirrel skin a rabbit for it's pelt. It's so cold that I heard the driveway his "..s-s-save yourself..." when I tried to shovel it. It's cold.
_________________________________________________________________ Hey! I don't parallel park big brown Econoline vans on the left side of the road!
-29C (your -20F) is fine! Way better than +29C. Some things to help you keep warm: -Do not wear cotton -Dress in layers. Preferably with a Polyester/Wool base layer. -Put your parets to work by making them get you wood. I'm from Kamloops B.C., Canada. It's wild here with temperatures. Summer will get to +50C and winter will get to -40C (no wind chill factor). You can always put more clothes on... you'll get arrested for taking too much off.
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We're finally out of the 20 below zero (F) temps and just above 0. Now, my furnace isn't working right. This is the first time I've had a digital program box to control the furnace so I changed the batteries and messed with the program. Well, it's still only 62 degrees in my house. The repair man comes this afternoon. Hopefully my parrots don't freeze before then. My husband sent me an email the other day when it was cold. (These temps are normal but since we had such a mild winter up till now it seems to be hitting people harder.) I thought it was funny: We are huddled together for warmth in my office. Boome [one of the cats] is so cold that he actually jumped into my arms off the floor [he's handicapped and not cuddly]. Then he drooled in my ear. Not on my ear. IN my ear. We are burning post-its for additional heat. I think the drool in my ear is turning to ice. It's so cold that the cats teeth chatter when they meow. It's kind of a "me-ow-ow-ow-ow-I'm-cold" sound. It's so cold the oven needs an oven. It's so cold that hell called to ask if they could borrow a couple logs. Its' so cold that the butter has to be defrosted. It's so cold that when I tried to start the Blazer it just said "Uh-uh." It's so cold that I had to move all the food out of the freezer so I could find a warmer place to sit. It's so cold that I think Kelvin just got negative. It's so cold that I saw a squirrel skin a rabbit for it's pelt. It's so cold that I heard the driveway his "..s-s-save yourself..." when I tried to shovel it. It's cold.
_________________________________________________________________ Hey! I don't parallel park big brown Econoline vans on the left side of the road!
20 below zero F? Theres guys in Canada walking around in shorts in that weather! :) No I'm not joking. Seriously though it's always colder in a house that is not built to withstand cold than in a much colder environment in a house built for it. Where I live now it rarely gets much below freezing and only for very brief periods in the winter and none of the houses around here are built for any kind of cold weather so everyone freezes. People don't seem to understand that it makes sense to have just as much insulation in Alaska as in Alabama. When I lived just off the Alaska highway -40 was not unusual any winter and people didn't rely only on their furnace because if the power goes out your dead. Many people had gas fireplaces that could be lit when the power was out. (they would have had wood fired ones but there is not a lot of wood and there is a *lot* of natural gas up there). Keep in mind the potential for no power and very cold temperatures in your future planning for your house. When I was younger we used to call really cold days a "bohemian bag biter" but I never knew why exactly.
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-29C (your -20F) is fine! Way better than +29C. Some things to help you keep warm: -Do not wear cotton -Dress in layers. Preferably with a Polyester/Wool base layer. -Put your parets to work by making them get you wood. I'm from Kamloops B.C., Canada. It's wild here with temperatures. Summer will get to +50C and winter will get to -40C (no wind chill factor). You can always put more clothes on... you'll get arrested for taking too much off.
Our summers don't get quite that warm but 110F is not unheard of. We had several days this last summer over 100. I think the lowest I've seen before wind chill is about 25 below. Can't trust the parrots with wood--they love to destroy wood. If you look at parrot toys most have blocks of wood colored with vegetable dye.
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20 below zero F? Theres guys in Canada walking around in shorts in that weather! :) No I'm not joking. Seriously though it's always colder in a house that is not built to withstand cold than in a much colder environment in a house built for it. Where I live now it rarely gets much below freezing and only for very brief periods in the winter and none of the houses around here are built for any kind of cold weather so everyone freezes. People don't seem to understand that it makes sense to have just as much insulation in Alaska as in Alabama. When I lived just off the Alaska highway -40 was not unusual any winter and people didn't rely only on their furnace because if the power goes out your dead. Many people had gas fireplaces that could be lit when the power was out. (they would have had wood fired ones but there is not a lot of wood and there is a *lot* of natural gas up there). Keep in mind the potential for no power and very cold temperatures in your future planning for your house. When I was younger we used to call really cold days a "bohemian bag biter" but I never knew why exactly.
We all seem to think people to the south of us are wussies. I remember in Australia the "winter." It got down to about 40F one day. People were wearing big parkas. I just had a sweatshirt on and they thought I was crazy. We used to have a fireplace in our old house which I miss dearly. I'm thinking of installing one in our new house. When I was younger we used to say it's colder than a polar bear's muff.
_________________________________________________________________ Hey! I don't parallel park big brown Econoline vans on the left side of the road!
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We're finally out of the 20 below zero (F) temps and just above 0. Now, my furnace isn't working right. This is the first time I've had a digital program box to control the furnace so I changed the batteries and messed with the program. Well, it's still only 62 degrees in my house. The repair man comes this afternoon. Hopefully my parrots don't freeze before then. My husband sent me an email the other day when it was cold. (These temps are normal but since we had such a mild winter up till now it seems to be hitting people harder.) I thought it was funny: We are huddled together for warmth in my office. Boome [one of the cats] is so cold that he actually jumped into my arms off the floor [he's handicapped and not cuddly]. Then he drooled in my ear. Not on my ear. IN my ear. We are burning post-its for additional heat. I think the drool in my ear is turning to ice. It's so cold that the cats teeth chatter when they meow. It's kind of a "me-ow-ow-ow-ow-I'm-cold" sound. It's so cold the oven needs an oven. It's so cold that hell called to ask if they could borrow a couple logs. Its' so cold that the butter has to be defrosted. It's so cold that when I tried to start the Blazer it just said "Uh-uh." It's so cold that I had to move all the food out of the freezer so I could find a warmer place to sit. It's so cold that I think Kelvin just got negative. It's so cold that I saw a squirrel skin a rabbit for it's pelt. It's so cold that I heard the driveway his "..s-s-save yourself..." when I tried to shovel it. It's cold.
_________________________________________________________________ Hey! I don't parallel park big brown Econoline vans on the left side of the road!
leckey wrote:
It's so cold that I heard the driveway his "..s-s-save yourself..." when I tried to shovel it.
save yourself...[^] save yourself...[^] :) Just remember this when Roger and I are having 110-130F temps this august. When it is so hot the turrantulas are burning their legs trying to walk (tiny "ouch" jerking motions as they walk).... When it is so hot the squirrels skin themselves to cool off. When it is so hot hell sues for patent violation. When it is so hot your blazer may be saying "sure" but you've got four tires screaming "no ... way!!" When it is so hot you are packing your clothes with ice only to have it all evaporate as you cross the threshold to the outside air. When it is so hot you cook your lunch on your dash, and it's OVERDONE! When it is so hot the mosquitos stay attached to you so they can cool down to body temperature, even when you are running a fever. It will be more comfortable in the summer there... you just need to come down here for the winter.
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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We're finally out of the 20 below zero (F) temps and just above 0. Now, my furnace isn't working right. This is the first time I've had a digital program box to control the furnace so I changed the batteries and messed with the program. Well, it's still only 62 degrees in my house. The repair man comes this afternoon. Hopefully my parrots don't freeze before then. My husband sent me an email the other day when it was cold. (These temps are normal but since we had such a mild winter up till now it seems to be hitting people harder.) I thought it was funny: We are huddled together for warmth in my office. Boome [one of the cats] is so cold that he actually jumped into my arms off the floor [he's handicapped and not cuddly]. Then he drooled in my ear. Not on my ear. IN my ear. We are burning post-its for additional heat. I think the drool in my ear is turning to ice. It's so cold that the cats teeth chatter when they meow. It's kind of a "me-ow-ow-ow-ow-I'm-cold" sound. It's so cold the oven needs an oven. It's so cold that hell called to ask if they could borrow a couple logs. Its' so cold that the butter has to be defrosted. It's so cold that when I tried to start the Blazer it just said "Uh-uh." It's so cold that I had to move all the food out of the freezer so I could find a warmer place to sit. It's so cold that I think Kelvin just got negative. It's so cold that I saw a squirrel skin a rabbit for it's pelt. It's so cold that I heard the driveway his "..s-s-save yourself..." when I tried to shovel it. It's cold.
_________________________________________________________________ Hey! I don't parallel park big brown Econoline vans on the left side of the road!
I grew up in Northern Ontario, I now live in South Carolina. My brother, however, moved further North... he is living in Northern Manitoba... at about the tree line. Talked to him Saturday night.. they close the schools at -40 (where Celcius and Fahrenheit meet). With wind chill, it was -57 C... -73 F... Thank you, I will enjoy my relative warmth here... Tim
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We all seem to think people to the south of us are wussies. I remember in Australia the "winter." It got down to about 40F one day. People were wearing big parkas. I just had a sweatshirt on and they thought I was crazy. We used to have a fireplace in our old house which I miss dearly. I'm thinking of installing one in our new house. When I was younger we used to say it's colder than a polar bear's muff.
_________________________________________________________________ Hey! I don't parallel park big brown Econoline vans on the left side of the road!
I'm from Canada, so I'm used to the cold. I went to Australia 2 years ago in our summertime. I was told it was going to be winter so I better pack warm. I brought a bunch of clothes that I could wear in layers, but I think I ended up wearing nothing but jeans & t-shirts while I was there. It's quite amusing when you're walking down the road in jeans and a t-shirt and the people ahead and behind you are wearing great big winter jackets, hats and gloves. :laugh: I had a lot of people stop me and ask me where I was from to not be freezing to death in that weather (I think the worst it got while I was there was 18C).
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We're finally out of the 20 below zero (F) temps and just above 0. Now, my furnace isn't working right. This is the first time I've had a digital program box to control the furnace so I changed the batteries and messed with the program. Well, it's still only 62 degrees in my house. The repair man comes this afternoon. Hopefully my parrots don't freeze before then. My husband sent me an email the other day when it was cold. (These temps are normal but since we had such a mild winter up till now it seems to be hitting people harder.) I thought it was funny: We are huddled together for warmth in my office. Boome [one of the cats] is so cold that he actually jumped into my arms off the floor [he's handicapped and not cuddly]. Then he drooled in my ear. Not on my ear. IN my ear. We are burning post-its for additional heat. I think the drool in my ear is turning to ice. It's so cold that the cats teeth chatter when they meow. It's kind of a "me-ow-ow-ow-ow-I'm-cold" sound. It's so cold the oven needs an oven. It's so cold that hell called to ask if they could borrow a couple logs. Its' so cold that the butter has to be defrosted. It's so cold that when I tried to start the Blazer it just said "Uh-uh." It's so cold that I had to move all the food out of the freezer so I could find a warmer place to sit. It's so cold that I think Kelvin just got negative. It's so cold that I saw a squirrel skin a rabbit for it's pelt. It's so cold that I heard the driveway his "..s-s-save yourself..." when I tried to shovel it. It's cold.
_________________________________________________________________ Hey! I don't parallel park big brown Econoline vans on the left side of the road!
Well here in Canada where I live you are lucky to have 3 seasons let alone 4. They say wait 10 minutes and you can see the weather change. We are after having snow in June... It is only -12 today without wind chill. But it snows every day and there is still more to come I am sure. In the last 8 days we have had 5 storms. Accumulation about 20 cm or more each time. Fun times. You best investment sometimes is a fireplace or wood stove. Hope your parrots are ok.
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I grew up in Northern Ontario, I now live in South Carolina. My brother, however, moved further North... he is living in Northern Manitoba... at about the tree line. Talked to him Saturday night.. they close the schools at -40 (where Celcius and Fahrenheit meet). With wind chill, it was -57 C... -73 F... Thank you, I will enjoy my relative warmth here... Tim
Yeah, i was griping about the 19 F on the way into work yesterday morning up here in Spartanburg. :rolleyes:
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I'm from Canada, so I'm used to the cold. I went to Australia 2 years ago in our summertime. I was told it was going to be winter so I better pack warm. I brought a bunch of clothes that I could wear in layers, but I think I ended up wearing nothing but jeans & t-shirts while I was there. It's quite amusing when you're walking down the road in jeans and a t-shirt and the people ahead and behind you are wearing great big winter jackets, hats and gloves. :laugh: I had a lot of people stop me and ask me where I was from to not be freezing to death in that weather (I think the worst it got while I was there was 18C).
Zero-K wrote:
I had a lot of people stop me and ask me where I was from to not be freezing to death in that weather
That's always fun. A few years back I was in San Diego in December. Daytime high was 55 or 60F, dropping down to about 45F late in the evening by the time we got back to the car. All the locals were wearing long pants and sweatshirts at a minimum. Meanwhile I was enjoying the weather in shorts and a tshirt. Noone actually said anything to me (silly liberals seem to think as long as they don't say anything they're not being judgmental), but the looks of shock on some pedestrians faces were priceless. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: Makes me wonder how they'd react to seeing me shovel snow, at 0F with only a pair of gloves added to my normal clothes. I tried to conduct the experiment last winter with a couple from Florida who lived in the same apt building that I'm in, but They were never out when I was cleaning off my car. :(
-- Rules of thumb should not be taken for the whole hand.
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Well here in Canada where I live you are lucky to have 3 seasons let alone 4. They say wait 10 minutes and you can see the weather change. We are after having snow in June... It is only -12 today without wind chill. But it snows every day and there is still more to come I am sure. In the last 8 days we have had 5 storms. Accumulation about 20 cm or more each time. Fun times. You best investment sometimes is a fireplace or wood stove. Hope your parrots are ok.
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We're finally out of the 20 below zero (F) temps and just above 0. Now, my furnace isn't working right. This is the first time I've had a digital program box to control the furnace so I changed the batteries and messed with the program. Well, it's still only 62 degrees in my house. The repair man comes this afternoon. Hopefully my parrots don't freeze before then. My husband sent me an email the other day when it was cold. (These temps are normal but since we had such a mild winter up till now it seems to be hitting people harder.) I thought it was funny: We are huddled together for warmth in my office. Boome [one of the cats] is so cold that he actually jumped into my arms off the floor [he's handicapped and not cuddly]. Then he drooled in my ear. Not on my ear. IN my ear. We are burning post-its for additional heat. I think the drool in my ear is turning to ice. It's so cold that the cats teeth chatter when they meow. It's kind of a "me-ow-ow-ow-ow-I'm-cold" sound. It's so cold the oven needs an oven. It's so cold that hell called to ask if they could borrow a couple logs. Its' so cold that the butter has to be defrosted. It's so cold that when I tried to start the Blazer it just said "Uh-uh." It's so cold that I had to move all the food out of the freezer so I could find a warmer place to sit. It's so cold that I think Kelvin just got negative. It's so cold that I saw a squirrel skin a rabbit for it's pelt. It's so cold that I heard the driveway his "..s-s-save yourself..." when I tried to shovel it. It's cold.
_________________________________________________________________ Hey! I don't parallel park big brown Econoline vans on the left side of the road!
A rather common problem with furnaces is not with the furnace itself, but with the breaker on the circuit it's connected to. I have that problem right now. About once every couple of days the furnace won't kick in. I go and flick the breaker off and back on and voila! It starts up right away. Flakey breakers are more common than you might think. Oh and the breaker won't appear to be tripped at all, but flick it off and on anyway. Cheers, Drew.
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The phrase here is we only have two seasons: winter, and road construction.
_________________________________________________________________ Hey! I don't parallel park big brown Econoline vans on the left side of the road!
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A rather common problem with furnaces is not with the furnace itself, but with the breaker on the circuit it's connected to. I have that problem right now. About once every couple of days the furnace won't kick in. I go and flick the breaker off and back on and voila! It starts up right away. Flakey breakers are more common than you might think. Oh and the breaker won't appear to be tripped at all, but flick it off and on anyway. Cheers, Drew.
Actually the furnace is on, it's a problem with the fan. If I change the box to 'fan' to force air, it just puts out cool air. If I leave it on auto, it does nothing.
_________________________________________________________________ Hey! I don't parallel park big brown Econoline vans on the left side of the road!
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ah that sounds like where I live... But here they can't even do the road construction properly.... :)
Yeah, they make the roads crappy so that there is a constant line of work. I had heard in Germany the freeway cement is like 3 feet thick - they do not have upheavals and potholes every winter, do they?
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leckey wrote:
It's so cold that I heard the driveway his "..s-s-save yourself..." when I tried to shovel it.
save yourself...[^] save yourself...[^] :) Just remember this when Roger and I are having 110-130F temps this august. When it is so hot the turrantulas are burning their legs trying to walk (tiny "ouch" jerking motions as they walk).... When it is so hot the squirrels skin themselves to cool off. When it is so hot hell sues for patent violation. When it is so hot your blazer may be saying "sure" but you've got four tires screaming "no ... way!!" When it is so hot you are packing your clothes with ice only to have it all evaporate as you cross the threshold to the outside air. When it is so hot you cook your lunch on your dash, and it's OVERDONE! When it is so hot the mosquitos stay attached to you so they can cool down to body temperature, even when you are running a fever. It will be more comfortable in the summer there... you just need to come down here for the winter.
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
Don't you love it when bikers come to town to visit, park their bikes, and find them lying on their sides later because the asphalt melted out from under the pegs? When your sneakers stick to concrete because the soles have melted? When the corn in the garden pops itself? Last summer I saw the neighbor's cat chase the dog out of his pool and jump in. When a barfly dies here we bury him with a sweater - hell can seem a bit chilly to the locals.
"...a photo album is like Life, but flat and stuck to pages." - Shog9
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The phrase here is we only have two seasons: winter, and road construction.
_________________________________________________________________ Hey! I don't parallel park big brown Econoline vans on the left side of the road!
We have two seasons, as well - Summer and Christmas.
"...a photo album is like Life, but flat and stuck to pages." - Shog9
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Actually the furnace is on, it's a problem with the fan. If I change the box to 'fan' to force air, it just puts out cool air. If I leave it on auto, it does nothing.
_________________________________________________________________ Hey! I don't parallel park big brown Econoline vans on the left side of the road!
Ah, there's the key symptom! When the fan is set to On or Fan, the switch directly powers the fan control relay, and the fan runs whether the burner is on or not. In the Auto position the power is controlled by a sensor on the firebox inside the furnace. When the temperature falls enough to demand heat, the burner relay turns on the heater - gas or electric. In most models a sensor detects when the firebox temperature reaches a reasonable temperature, then applies power to the fan control relay. This prevents a blast of cold air from the unit until the heat rises in the firebox. If this sensor is faulty it will never turn the fan on. Try this: Turn up the thermostat and wait until the heater burner (or heating element) comes on. Wait a minute or so, then switch the fan to On (or Fan). Check for warm air at the heater registers. If there are no other safety interlocks on the beast you should be able to get decent heat this way until the thermostat turns of the heating element.
"...a photo album is like Life, but flat and stuck to pages." - Shog9