Furnace kicking off 310RLS 2018

[WHThayer]

My furnace has stopped working twice now, and I have found the solution. After removing 8 screws and taking off the cover to the furnace I found a small toggle switch marked "off" or "reset" . What an odd place to put that!!
My questions are what might be kicking it off and why on earth do they hide the switch inside like that? Anyone have this same problem??

[chuckster57]

If that switch has “tripped” then there is an issue that needs to be addressed. Could be any number of reasons.

[JRTJH]

That "safety switch" is a failsafe device. It "trips to shut down the furnace" if there's a problem with the startup sequence, a problem with the cool down sequence or an overtemperature indication that was detected, which, if ignored, might cause an unsafe condition. If it's tripped, as Chuck said, there's a problem that occurred which needs to be addressed. It's sort of like a circuit breaker that keeps tripping or a GFI that keeps tripping. You can keep resetting it, over and over, but eventually, you're going to either "burn up that electrical device that's tripping the circuit breaker or you're going to get shocked when the GFI finally stops working... Either way, it would likely be much cheaper to find and fix the problem while the rest of the furnace is still functional rather than burn up the whole thing, which, if your luck is like mine, will happen on the coldest night of the most remote camping trip when nothing is open until Tuesday and it's only 10PM Friday night......

Something's wrong with your furnace, find the problem and fix it now rather than when you need it most and it won't reset.....

[flybouy]

I'll jump on as well. That "reset" switch is a safety device to prevent damage and possible catastrophic damage. (setting you, your camper, and any other occupants on fire) It is not a nuisance device.
It was installed there to prevent it from becoming your "solution". The "solution is to find out why it tripped and correct the issue.
OK down off my soap box now.