ICM Controls ICM281 Furnace Control Replacement for OEM Models Including Carrier CES0110057-xx Series Control Boards

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.

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

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!

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.