Imagine that it is the beginning of winter, it is cold, your family is uncomfortable in your home and you finally understand that it is your boiler that is it's broken and you need heat. You go to look at the furnace and see that the switch is off; you turn the switch and it heats up, it turns on and you finally feel the heat. This research paper will discuss heating elements; how they work, what they are made of and how to maintain them. What is a heating element? The heating element is the part of the furnace that heats all the air that flows through your home and furnace. The way the air in your home heats up is because the furnace has an inductor fan that pulls air in from the surroundings, pulls it through all the components and into the heat exchanger, this is where everything happens in a furnace on gas there is a gas valve and when there is a demand for heat it lets the gas pass, then there are the ignition systems. There are many different types of ignition systems, but they all have the same result. Once the gas reaches the orifices of the ignition system, it ignites the gas and heats all the air flowing through the furnace. There are many different steps to operating an oven. To start there must be a heat request coming from the thermostat. When this happens, the thermostat closes the furnace contacts which starts the furnace and allows gas to flow from the gas valve and be ignited by the ignition system. Once it gets here it begins to heat the air that passes through the heat exchanger. The heat exchanger is where the gas flows and is there to heat all the air that flows through the oven, once through it it has to pass through the plenum and... the center of the paper... ...which the wiring works and that also meets code and is correct for that matter. You will need to connect all the engine, fans and ignition. You will also need to connect the thermostat and run all the cable. You will also need to set up all the groundwork. One of the last things you need to do is make sure your thermostat is connected and programmed. To do this you need to make sure that all the wires in the circuit are connected correctly. If not you will have to replace the board and new thermostat, which is not cheap and is a major inconvenience because without it then you can't run the furnace. In this article I have told you about many things to do with installing furnaces and working on them. In this article I explained how to wire ovens and inside I told you about the different components, the steps and how it works.