Auto Pilot Ignition Systems in Gas Furnaces

[LOGO] # STATE OF MISSISSIPPI # GEORGE DALE Commissioner of Insurance State Fire Marshal MILLARD D. MACKEY, CFI State Chief Deputy Fire Marshal J. M. FERRELL Director L. C. Gas Division RAY GILDEA State Fire Coordinator 1415 Woolfolk Building (36001) Post Office Box 22542 (36025) Jackson, Mississippi State Fire Marshal's Office (601) 359-1061 Liquefied Compressed Gas (601) 359-1064 State Fire Coordinator (601) 359-1062 # BULLETIN 94-3 TO: MAGNOLIA HILLS, INC. 3001 HIGHWAY 51 NORTH SUITE C NESBIT, MS 38651 FROM: MICHAEL R. ACEY, CFI ACTING SUPERVISOR MANUFACTURED HOUSING DIVISION RE: AUTO PILOT IGNITION SYSTEMS IN GAS FURNACES DATE: JULY 14, 1994 Enclosed please find correspondence from EVCON Industries and HUD regarding a problem EVCON is experiencing with certain models of their gas furnace. The problem and model numbers are found on the enclosed material. This correspondence is for your information. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at (601) 359-1061. MRA/dmc enclosures # SPECIAL BULLETIN TO: All O.E.M.'s May 9, 1994 FROM: Charlie Barchers SUBJECT: CONSUMER ADVISORY PROGRAM CONCERNING COLEMAN&EVCON GAS FURNACES This memo is pursuant to Mike Burlingame's memo of April 13, 1994, regarding the above Consumer Advisory Program. As outlined in Mike's memo, the program involves updating the operating instructions for furnaces equipped with the "Auto Pilot" ignition systems. We are asking for your help in locating the furnaces you purchased from Evcon during the period of April 1, 1993 through May 31, 1994. The specific models being updated are: 7956-856/E 7970-856/E 7975-856/E DGRT056AUA, AUB DGRT070AUA, AUB DGRT075AUA, AUB DGRM056AUA, AUB DGRM075AUA, AUB 7970-759/E 7975-759/E DLRS056AUA, AUB Please review your records and supply us with the following information on each home that has one of these furnaces installed: Home Serial Number Production Date of Home Dealer Name, Address, City, State, Zip and Phone Number Date Dealer Purchased Home Retail Customer Name, Address, City, State, Zip and Phone Number We have enclosed a work sheet outline for your use in preparing this information. It will be helpful to you and the Evcon special project team. There is also a list of furnaces by model number, serial number, and date of shipment to your plant that our records indicate you purchased during the above time frame. There is an urgency for getting this information back to our special project team so that they may get this update material into your customer's hands within the next 45 days. Please return the information to: Attn: Special Project Team EVCON INDUSTRIES, INC. P. O. Box 19014 Wichita, KS 67204-9014 Your help in locating the homes with these model furnaces is greatly appreciated. On the behalf of the "Special Project Team", THANK YOU. We look forward to working with you, your dealers and home owners...valued Evcon customers! Call us if you have any questions. The toll-free numbers are: 1-800-707-3658 1-800-707-3659 Thank you for your cooperation. Sincerely, Charlie Barchers Special Project Manager ku encl. U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Washington, D.C. 20410-8000 JUN - 8 1994 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HOUSING-FEDERAL HOUSING COMMISSIONER Mr. Millard D. Mackey State Chief Deputy Fire Marshal Mobile Home Inspection Division Office of the Fire Marshal P.O. Box 22542 Jackson, MS 22542 Dear Mr. Mackey:  We have received information from Evcon Industries that certain models of their auto pilot gas mobile home furnaces may experience a delayed ignition, causing a loud noise when the furnace comes on. Evcon has stated that there is no breach of the heat exchanger and the system remains sealed, eliminating the risk of exposure to products of combustion. However, Evcon has notified all original equipment manufacturers of this problem and has requested manufactured home producers to assist them in locating homes with these furnaces so that they can update the operating instructions. Enclosed for your information is Evcon's "Special Bulletin" to all O.E.M's. Stuart Margulies Stuart Margulies, Chief State and Consumer Liaison Branch Manufactured Housing and Construction Standards Division Enclosure