ICM Controls ICM281 Furnace Control Replacement for Carrier

I received and installed the controller yesterday, so I don't have a lot of ongoing information at this point. But so far so good. As soon as I installed it and ran all the start up tests, I turned the furnace on, and it worked like new. It feels very solid and look to be a quality product. I don't anticipate any problems in the future though.

Purchased the ICM281 CESO110057 for our Carrier 58PAV090. After 22 years of service, our Carrier furnace appeared to be down for the count. Thanks to an assortment of valuable info gathered from various forums and youtube videos, we were able to narrow the problem to a control board issue (cold solder joints) plaguing some Carrier furnaces. -Old Control Board- Basically, the furnace's hot surface ignitor (HSI) would light up fine, but for some reason the main burners wouldn't fire up and after 4 attempts it would go into "lockout" mode and shut the entire system down. We were told that we could restart/reset the system at the thermostat by turning it off and then back on, in order to get it to come out of lockout mode. Well, we discovered that the furnace could still fire up on occasion after approx 4-6 re-starts during the daytime and 9-12+ resets during the cold night. Inconsistent heat is better than no heat, well... not by much. There was only heat if you have the patience to reset it several times and each reset would take approx 5 minutes each to complete. While waiting for the new board to arrive, getting up in the middle of the night to wait for the furnace to start up after each reset was the pits. We did install a WIFI thermostat and an IP camera in order to NOT have to get up by the thermostat to reset it, but this morning it took 23 resets and there was still no heat. Didn't continue because it was time to get to work. -New control board- So this morning we get an alert saying that the control board will be delivered one day earlier. Hallelujah! Sure enough, the board arrived on the porch this evening and I quickly went to work. Unplugged the furnace, unscrewed the various covers, and pulled out the old board. Not too difficult, there are plenty of videos on youtube that give you a good idea of what to watch out for and how to do it. It sort of felt like building a PC, except I actually bothered to label all of the wires just in case I forgot where they go on the new control board. It probably took about 35 minutes of actual work, I took photos of the wiring at every step of the procedure to make sure that I didn't cross wires or leave anything off. Once complete, I double checked everything, screwed the covers back on, and then plugged in the furnace. Turned on the heat and for every second there was silence, it seemed like an eternity. Fortunately, the inducer kicked in, the ignitor started to glow, and to my surprise not long after that, the burners kicked in! What used to take about 5 minutes (x 23 attempts), now took about a minute. Saw beautiful blue gas coursing through the chambers of hte burners. Never thought I'd be that excited about gas, but after several freezing nights, it was a sight for sore eyes. Thank goodness for this new control board, what a relief and what a difference a board makes!

Exactly replaces the circuit control board in our good, old Carrier high efficiency gas furnace, and it has a diagnostic LED in the event of troubles in the future. Removal and installation was easy. Skill required is basic. Instructions are quite clear. I was not able to sort out the failed component failure of the original circuit board so complete replacement was the best option. Price is so good, too. Completely satisfied. I share these photos of wiring placement and visible faults in old part for your benefit.

I have an old Payne furnace installed in '92; uses a CES-1100057-02 board. Took a pic (always a good idea) but it wasn't necessary as the wires were long enough that I could pull out the old board, move each connector in turn from the old board directly onto the new one. Then I set the blower off delay to match the old one, and installed the new board. Took about a hour max. Ran the test procedure, fired it up but the LED threw a 34 error. The service info that comes with lists as the first possibility oxide buildup on the flame sensor; cleaned that with steel wool, and voila! Furnace is running perfectly. Drilled a small hole in the front panel and super-glued a piece of clear plastic on it so in the future I can see the LED without removing the panel (and clearing the error code). This is an old furnace (28 years old) and I will probably replace it with a new one in the near future but not in the middle of winter; for $88.48 incl tax this was a good buy!

My original board was failing to open the gas value (guessing a bad/stuck relay) so I shopped around and discovered replacement boards were considerably more expensive than this one pretty much everywhere else I looked (like 2-3x more). This price seemed too good to be true but I trusted that Amazon Prime would take care of me if it was a dud. I took pictures of the wiring on my old board so I could be sure to reinstall everything in the same places on this new board. Strangely enough, it didn't work--I got a fast blink from the small LED. The instructions mapped this to "reversed polarity" so I simply swapped the two output wires from the transformer and it roared to life. Not sure why I had to do that since they weren't swapped on the old board (and the instructions confirmed my first attempt should have been correct based on the colors of the wires) but it's working fine now. (And yes I confirmed with a multimeter that the white & black 120VAC input wires had the correct polarity--black to ground reads 120, white to ground reads zero.) My old board didn't have the diagnostic LED. If this board didn't have it either I would have given up and returned it as a bad part, but the fast blink and detailed instructions were enough to tell me what the problem was and how to fix it. Still baffled about why the working configuration doesn't match the instructions (and I considered knocking off one star for that), but the board is performing well and I have heat now so nothing to complain about. :-)

It came quickly, minor revisions needed to work, nothing too complicated. Works well.

This control board was no longer available through carrier within reasonable time, almost 2 months to order it. I received this one in 5 days. It's actually better than the original because it has a diagnostic feature. Very happy with it so far. After 43 years in the HVAC business, it's nice to have some options. Would definitely recommend this replacement board for your older carriers

After market replacement for the original at a much lower price. Also has a LED diagnostic light which the original does not have. Good product. Easy to install.

I have an old 1992 mid-efficiency furnace, and this board is made to replace the original. As other reviewers have said, my furnace is working better than it did before. Install was easy. It started acting finnicky, where it would turn on for a while, then switch off and not come back on unless you let it rest for a couple of hours. After a few days the blower motor wouldn't turn on at all. The startup sequence did everything but turn the blower motor on. I replaced the capacitor but the motor still wouldn't turn on. Tested with a multimeter and the control board wasn't sending power to the motor. Ordered this. It arrived fast and took 5 minutes to install and the furnace works like new again. Maybe it's the capacitor I replaced, but even the blower motor seems quieter and more smooth blowing now.

Great price point shipping was ok. Board came packaged well and secure. Had instructions in the box and a flash code sticker as well. Install was easy filled the inductions for the self test and all tested good. So far no problems I like the is got the led fault light in this board