Furnace Repair in Camden, NJ
Furnaces here run from October through April. If yours quits, tell us what it's doing and a licensed contractor who covers Camden County will get in touch.
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Seven months of work, in cold most furnaces don't get a break from
Camden County homes need heat from October through April. That's seven months of the burner cycling on and off, night after night, with winter lows averaging 27°F from December through February. Most furnaces here run on gas, and each start puts the same strain on the igniter and the flame sensor. Over enough winters, one of them stops doing its job, and the burner won't light or won't stay lit.
The area has also logged 15 winter storms and 225 damaging wind events over the past ten years. Wind and ice bring down power lines, and statewide, 11% of households went at least a full day without power in 2024. A furnace with no power won't run its blower or ignition, no matter how well the rest of it is working, so a homeowner can lose heat from a storm outside as easily as from a part wearing out inside.
- 7 months
- October through April, your furnace is on duty
- 27°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 74%
- of homes here heat with gas, so most furnaces here burn gas
- 15 winter storms
- in ten years, the nights a failure hurts most
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
A new furnace would cut about $140 a year off heating for a typical Camden County home.
Estimates for a typical Camden County home, compared with an older unit built to the previous federal minimum, from EIA household energy data, New Jersey fuel prices and NOAA climate normals. Your home will differ.
Repair makes sense when one part has failed and the heat exchanger is sound.
Replacement makes sense when the heat exchanger is cracked or the furnace keeps needing parts.
New Jersey requires HVAC contractors to hold a state license.
The state tested this contractor before handing out that license, and the Board of Examiners keeps a record of who holds one. It's a license on the contractor, not on the job, so the same license covers this furnace repair and the next one, wherever in New Jersey it happens. Camden County and its towns don't add their own rule on top. Whatever license this contractor holds is the whole of it, not a local add-on.
For a furnace repair, the license is what's standing behind the work. Furnaces burn gas, and a loose or corroded connection is the part of the job that can hurt someone, so the person opening up the burner compartment is the one the state has already screened. Most homes in Camden County heat with gas, this one likely among them, which is exactly why the state put a licensed contractor between the homeowner and that repair rather than leaving it to whoever shows up.
Sources: New Jersey Legislature · New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs
- Why won't my furnace turn on?
- Most often the thermostat isn't calling for heat the way you think it is, or power isn't reaching the furnace. Check that the thermostat is set below room temperature and has fresh batteries if it uses them. Next check the furnace switch, the one that looks like a light switch near the unit, and the breaker for it. If those are fine, the igniter or the flame sensor may have failed, and that's a job for a licensed contractor to test and replace.
- Why is my furnace blowing cold air?
- If air is moving but it isn't warm, the furnace may be running the blower without the burners lighting. That points to an ignition problem, a dirty flame sensor, or a gas supply issue. Check that the gas valve to the furnace is open. If it is and the air is still cold, the furnace needs a contractor to diagnose why the burners aren't firing.
- Why won't my furnace pilot light stay lit?
- A pilot light that won't stay lit usually means the thermocouple has worn out and is no longer holding the gas valve open. It can also mean a draft is blowing the flame out, or the pilot orifice is partly clogged. Relighting it yourself is fine, but if it goes out again within a few hours, the thermocouple needs to be tested and likely replaced by a contractor. Most newer furnaces don't use a standing pilot at all, so if yours does, it's worth having a contractor check the whole ignition system while they're at it.