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    Posted: 26 Oct 2015 at 7:48pm
Originally posted by Keith-N-Dar

The other thing to consider is if your Pod is configured like our 177 with the cold air intake under the bed, and you store things under there, the cold air return is down there also and if you are partially blocking the return the bonnet switch in the furnace will shut it off when the temp goes to high.  We move out the stored things and put them on the table at bed time to prevent this.  Ours cycled like crazy until we figured this out.

The furnace is under the bed (which seems odd to me) I learned that anything stored in the little "storage area" in front of it gets way too hot. So stopped putting anything under there (except my slippers, so they're cozy!) Anyway, nothing blocking anything under there.
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GLBCamper: Something sounds amiss. The furnace should not cycle off a 45F. Maybe, as Kieth-N-Dar suggest, there is an air blockage. The furnace must be able to get a good supply of cool air from within the Pod to avoid overheating. For combustion, the furnace draws cold air from outside, feeds it to the burner via a combustion fan, and exhausts the combustion products back outside. The inside air and the combustion air do not mix. They are separated by a heat exchanger. 
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Posts: 1447 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 27 Oct 2015 at 10:23am
Originally posted by pnwcamper

I thought the cold air intake was on the outside the camper? Confused


Only if the aim is to heat the campground.  Combustion air may come from the outside but heaters draw cold air from the conditioned space into the heater and send out heated air.  If the circulation is not sufficient to remove enough heat from the furnace it will shut off until it cools off.
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Well, another cold morning in the 30's. Not camping, but went out to the pod and ran the furnace to test it. It ran perfectly and did not cycle off until the inside had come to a comfortable temperature (after about 20 minutes.) So I'm not going to worry about it until next spring and see if it happens again. Thanks to all.
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