OEM Upgraded Replacement for Carrier Furnace Hot Surface Ignitor / Igniter 41-409

Ordered a pair of these for spares(I have 2 furnaces). The shown connector is correct for my furnace, but the shipped parts have different connectors. Of course they come with a pair of marrettes so that you can either a) cut the connectors off both the furnace harness and the ignitor and just twist the wires together, or b) cut the connectors off only the old and new parts and marrette the old connector wires to those of the new ignitor. This keeps the furnace harness intact. A cleaner alternative, c) would be to slide the terminals out of the old and new connector housings and install the terminals from the new ignitor into the old housing if they are of the same type as are mine. You simply need to compress the locking wings/tabs on the terminals(look down in there) so that you can back them out of the housings. Then spread them again before re-inserting.

With the arrival of the much cooler weather (yay) the furnace was running but then failed.The culprit was the igniter and I had one in stock for just such an event. To keep a back-up ready I hunted Amazon on the chance there may be an igniter stocked.Sure enough I found this one and saved some money to boot. The best thing was it arrived Wednesday! That was fast!Oh yes, it works just fine!NOTE, I've been told you should never touch the element as the oil from your fingers/hand will cause the element to fail prematurely.

Direct replacement

Great price. Like to have spare ,as have had two go on furnace in 20 years. During heating season.

swapped with the bad one and my furnace is back up and running