Rheem Furnace: Force low or high fire for testing (RGPE/RGLE)
Force low or high fire for testing (RGPE/RGLE) on a Rheem furnace: Temporarily locks the gas firing rate and blower to low or high for the heat call already running, up to two hours or until the call ends. Will not engage without a heat call.
Applies to: Rheem/Ruud RGPE / RGLE modulating furnaces
How to fix force low or high fire for testing (rgpe/rgle): step by step
- Start a heat call at the thermostat
- Open SETUP in the furnace USER MENU and choose FIXED FIRE RATE
- Select low or high; the setting lasts for this heat call (max 2 hours)
If the unit shows an error code, look it up: Rheem Furnace codes
Models
RGLE-05(-)BMKRRGLE-07(-)AMKRRGLE-07(-)BRQRRGLE-10(-)BRMRRGLE-12(-)ARMRRGPE-05(-)BMKRRGPE-07(-)AMKRRGPE-07(-)BRQRRGPE-10(-)BRMRRGPE-12(-)ARMR
Source: RGPE Furnace User Menus, SETUP item 5, p.56. Written in our own words as a summary; always check the original manual.
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