Heater Issue

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   My heater doesn't seem to ignite. It's a new trailer and I haven't used the heater yet. I lit the stove for 1 min to get the propane flowing. Then I turned on the heater. It blows cool air and clicks about 3 times trying to ignite but never does. It just continues to blow cold air for about 5 min and turns itself off.
Am I doing something wrong?

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mt868 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 04 Oct 2011 Location: DALLAS Online Status: Offline Posts: 34	Topic: Heater Issue Posted: 08 Dec 2011 at 6:14pm
	My heater doesn't seem to ignite. It's a new trailer and I haven't used the heater yet. I lit the stove for 1 min to get the propane flowing. Then I turned on the heater. It blows cool air and clicks about 3 times trying to ignite but never does. It just continues to blow cold air for about 5 min and turns itself off. Am I doing something wrong?

dsmiths Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 10 Oct 2011 Location: Southern Ind Online Status: Offline Posts: 866	Posted: 08 Dec 2011 at 10:03pm
	nope, had the same problem with my 2011 RP-172, the furnace is the last in the circuit, so when the tank is first turned on until an appliance is used gas has not got to the furnace yet. turn the lp tank on, make sure the cook top will light, then turn the water heater on with gas (make sure the water heater has water in it) after it lights gas should have moved down the line to let the heater (noisy) light. I had the same excact problem, but also my lp gas tank was not purged before filling and we had to let the air out of it, then I did not have any further problems. The gas heater will run you out of the pod, but its a little noisy.
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mt868 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 04 Oct 2011 Location: DALLAS Online Status: Offline Posts: 34	Posted: 09 Dec 2011 at 7:58am
	dsmiths, My water heater is empty and I've already winterized so I don't want to fill it up and turn it on. Is there no way the gas can get to the heater without going thru the water heater first? As I said, the gas does get to the stove so I'm not sure why it's not getting to the heater.

tpierce220 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 14 Jan 2011 Location: Oswego IL Online Status: Offline Posts: 281	Posted: 09 Dec 2011 at 9:42am
	I'm trying to remember back to April, but I know that I had to turn on the stove to help get gas into the trailer. Once I did that, I was able to get the fridge to light along with the furnace. We didn't have hot water the first night we used the trailer, so I don't think there's a connection between the water heater and the furnace. Maybe something got into the exhaust vent, like a mud dauber, and clogged up something? Other than that, I'm sure that someone might have an idea. Good luck! Tim
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dsmiths Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 10 Oct 2011 Location: Southern Ind Online Status: Offline Posts: 866	Posted: 09 Dec 2011 at 10:28am
	Mt868, I had the same problem the first time out, I did'nt understand tht the furnace was last in line for gas. Light your cook top stove and let it run, try to start the furnace, it may take 2 or 3 cycles to get it going, your can look at the front of the furnace and see blue flame when it lights. I think what is going on is after 2 or 3 tries without lighting the furnace shuts down for safety. go to the thermostat, set on heat and run the temp up to force it to retry, mine started after a couple of attempts, it does a great job of heating the pod. good luck
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mt868 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 04 Oct 2011 Location: DALLAS Online Status: Offline Posts: 34	Posted: 09 Dec 2011 at 8:13pm
	I finally got it to work! I guess the 4th time's the charm. So I guess it takes 4-5 tries for it to work if it's been idle for a while.

dsmiths Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 10 Oct 2011 Location: Southern Ind Online Status: Offline Posts: 866	Posted: 09 Dec 2011 at 9:45pm
	I found that once you get the air purged out of the line to the furnace, it will light every time, its a real good heater, it will have the chill out of the air in a jiffy. The last time we had ours out, we left the furnace on and drove down town and milled around when we got back, it was as warm as toast inside.
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techntrek Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9062	Posted: 09 Dec 2011 at 10:55pm
	mt868, what model pod do you have?
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