Help! Furnace Transformer---- ASAP

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muss

Feeling the Heat
Feb 26, 2008
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Embden, Maine
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About how much would it cost me to have the transformer on my oil furnaced replaced ? Labor & Transformer ---- Just an approximate would be great
 
muss said:
About how much would it cost me to have the transformer on my oil furnaced replaced ? Labor & Transformer ---- Just an approximate would be great

Transformer $70 - $110
Service call $75 ??
Labor < 1 hour $75 ??


For next time maybe find out what the part is and keep an eye on ebay for a spare. You may only need one every 10-15 years, but it's pretty cheap insurance and is easy to replace yourself. Have a friend walk you through it next spring for practice.
 
Transformer $30-60 (all depending on what model you need of course)

30 mins labor - 1 hr if he's slow..

Looking at probably ~$150.

It's a fairly easy DIY deal though, provided you have an understanding on how to do basic wiring and know how to shut the power off to your unit.
 
HVAC guys are charging $120+ an hour here....

Gg
 
Home Depot stocks at least one style of them
 
Got the exact brand and part number transformer for my furnace for around $35. The HVAC repairman was charging over $100 for it and that did not include the repair hours charge. I think that is way to much mark-up for the part, but how would the average person know the difference. I ordered the part from a supplier on the Internet and put it in myself. Or you could order the part and have them put it in.

Google the part number and manufacturer.
 
My furnace's transformer cost $30 on Amazon . He wrote $79.95 on the box while he was in my cellar . He also said i needed a new nozzle which he said was for a mobile home, when i told him his partner said the same thing when he was here back in April, he didn't know what to say. I even had gotten charged for it. So i says, "How much is the bill ? " he said he had to go figure it out back at his office. I'm getting tired of getting f@#$%d over. I got it from the chimney guy, the fella who cut one of my big trees down . This furnace guy, according to my neighbor, got fined a few weeks back but couldn't remember for what . Still haven't gotten a bill from him & its been over 3 weeks . Thanks to you fellas who responded . Appreciate it.
 
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