Red Emergency Switch For Furnace

These emergency switches should have a red wall plate.

Red emergency switch for furnace.

If the furnance keeps running the switch wiring is faulty. Red metal emergency gas burner furnace wall plate cover 2 gang toggle switch 5 0 out of 5 stars 1. The switch is supposed to be placed not on the furnance itself but at an easy to. Red emergency switch wall plate covers for oil burners gas burner.

An emergency off switch for the building heating system should be found outside of the basement or other boiler or furnace room location and accessible so that an occupant can in an emergency turn off heat without having to enter a possibly smoky or dangerous area. The most common is a power cutoff for the furnace located away from the appliance say at the head of the basement stairs. This circuit is served by its own circuit breaker in the breaker box properly called the main service panel the circuit wiring runs from the service panel to the disconnect switch and from there to the furnace. I for one will not be running into a fire to try to reach the shut off switch.

4 125 x 2 25 see more product details. Silk screened or engraved switch plates for critical locations utility boxes gfci protected outlets. Secondly the location of the switch in the furnace room is a poor choice if there is a furnace emergency such as a gas leak or fire. According to building codes a furnace must be supplied by a dedicated circuit meaning the circuit cannot supply power to anything other than the furnace.

Wall plate wall light switch plate outlet cover toggle rocker plastic 1 gang 10pcs white 16 99. C975t red emergency switch plate red emergency switch plate for oil burner special smaller sized plate for use in surface mount applications such as handy boxes provides seamless professional look without the overhanging edges of a standard size plate that can cause snags. How the furnace switch works. The most annoying problem of course is if the unlabeled switch on the wall that is frequently mistaken for a light switch.

With the furnace running flip the switch to the off position. The switch when placed in the off position should immediatly shut the furnace down wether it be oil or gas fired. Get free shipping on qualified red light switch plates or buy online pick up in store today in the electrical department.