Furnace
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Topic: Furnace
Posted By: Craneman
Subject: Furnace
Date Posted: 21 Nov 2013 at 9:58pm
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Here's one for some of you R Pod guru's. My furnace will not lignite when it's cold out side BUT if I heat up the trailer with the electric heater it works. 2 batteries, full charge even with the charger plugged in. Moe ------------- Jo and Gary, 2010-174,2011 F150 
Jo and Gary 2010 174 2011 Ford 150 |
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Posted By: dsmiths
Date Posted: 21 Nov 2013 at 10:01pm
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Mine will not light unless the gas valve has been turned on and the pressures stabilize. sometimes this takes 5 or 6 hours, sometimes even longer, could it be that ? ------------- Dane and Donna Smith 2011 RP-172 2008 Chevrolet Trailblazer 4X4 lift kit prodigy wireless brake controller |
Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 22 Nov 2013 at 9:27am
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Easy way to get around dsmiths problem, open the tank's valve very slowly, I take up to a minute. That will prevent the flow safety valve from triggering.
However it doesn't sound like that is Craneman's problem. Will the fan blow but it just won't ignite? Or nothing at all from the furnace? If the later I'd say it is a thermostat problem or a loose wire that happens to make contact once it has warmed up. If its the first problem more likely its a loose wire or bad switch in the furnace. ------------- Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1723 - Pod instruction manual 
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Posted By: headcold
Date Posted: 22 Nov 2013 at 1:38pm
| I had the same problem on my 172. It turned out to be a loose wire, which I got at through the furnace's exterior access panel. |
Posted By: Craneman
Date Posted: 25 Nov 2013 at 10:13pm
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Well I turned the gas on real slow and let it set for a couple of hours and low and behold it fired off, thanks for the tips Moe ------------- Jo and Gary, 2010-174,2011 F150
Jo and Gary 2010 174 2011 Ford 150 |
Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 26 Nov 2013 at 9:10am
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Good to hear. If you went slow enough then you should be able to fire it right up after purging the lines (by lighting the stove). No delay necessary. ------------- Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1723 - Pod instruction manual
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