It was a big blue flame.
That made 75-year-old Charles Warner run for
his life.
It's just like if you ever seen a gas
explosion, everything around the heating system melted.
Now Warner always gets his heater checked
before he turns it on for the winter.
Besides changing the filter and checking the
power light, Ruben Baraja checks for rust
and corrosion.
The walls are getting thinner.
When the system runs, it heats up that metal,
it expands, contrasting can create a crack.
Cracks that can cause a leak and explosion.
I'm cleaning the burners to make sure that
they're clean so they can operate properly,
doesn't jam up and cause a gas explosion.
Baraja suggests if you are buying a new natural
gas furnace, get a self-igniting one.
They're self-igniting, they don't have a pilot,
standing pilot, that's one of the features
that these new ones have.
They don't have a standing pilot, less chance
of there being a gas leak.