R-pod Owners Forum : Rpod 179 - 2015 Heater Question https://www.rpod-owners.com/ This is an XML content feed of; R-pod Owners Forum : I need HELP!!! : Rpod 179 - 2015 Heater Question Copyright (c) 2006-2009 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Thu, 21 May 2026 18:20:49 +0000 Sun, 08 Nov 2020 12:20:24 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 9.64 360 https://www.rpod-owners.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=14161 R-pod Owners Forum https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.rpod-owners.com/ Rpod 179 - 2015 Heater Question : Are you asking if the water heater... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=14161&PID=138076#138076 Author: offgrid
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Posted: 08 Nov 2020 at 12:20pm

Are you asking if the water heater needs to be operating for the furnace to work? If so the answer is no. Totally independent systems.

The answer to your second question is yes, you can heat water either by propane or by 120Vac if you are on shore power. 

The water heater doesn't use that much propane, the furnace can use quite a bit depending on how cold it is and where you set the thermostat. If you are on shore power you can use a small electric space heater and leave the furnace off to save propane. 
]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2020 12:20:24 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=14161&PID=138076#138076 Rpod 179 - 2015 Heater Question : Hi. Wondering if the hot water... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=14161&PID=138069#138069 Author: Gualalapod
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Posted: 08 Nov 2020 at 10:56am

Hi.  Wondering if the hot water heater needs to be heated up for the heat to work?  
Also, anybody with this rpod know if the hot water heater can be heated via electricity or is it propane only?  Seems like the propane will run out quickly with heat and hot water running.  
]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2020 10:56:28 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=14161&PID=138069#138069 Rpod 179 - 2015 Heater Question : You need to make sure that the... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=14161&PID=137684#137684 Author: RoverPod
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Posted: 25 Oct 2020 at 6:32pm

You need to make sure that the fan is set to OFF on the thermostat so that it will not blow from the A/C unit.

Also, make sure that your propane lines are purged by lighting the stove burners for a little while before turning on the furnace.
]]> Sun, 25 Oct 2020 18:32:13 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=14161&PID=137684#137684 Rpod 179 - 2015 Heater Question : Mine is on the wall,dead simple... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=14161&PID=137682#137682 Author: offgrid
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Posted: 25 Oct 2020 at 5:33pm

Mine is on the wall,dead  simple contact closure type when calling for heat, no connection to the air conditioner. The a/c has its own thermostat inside its interior cover. 

Several other folks have posted that their integrated heat/cool thermostats have failed to turn on their furnaces lately due to loss of connection with the air conditioner, not sure which ones they have compared to yours.  

 If you want to confirm that the furnace works you can simply short the two wires from it to the tstat. Here is the suburban furnace manual 

https://manuals.heartlandowners.org/manuals/Heating-Cooling/Furnace/Suburban/Suburban%20FURNACE_Service-and-Training-Manual-11-05-2015.pdf

It could be a problem with the furnace itself. If the furnace fan came on but no heat came out then look at the troubleshooting section. Could be the furnace never ignited. 
]]> Sun, 25 Oct 2020 17:33:06 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=14161&PID=137682#137682 Rpod 179 - 2015 Heater Question : The thermostat is quite basic.... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=14161&PID=137681#137681 Author: Gualalapod
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Posted: 25 Oct 2020 at 5:01pm

The thermostat is quite basic.  Fan / Cool / Furnace are the three choices.  Where is your heater thermostat? I have read there might be another one on the heater itself but I do not see one (although I have not removed the heater cover)

]]> Sun, 25 Oct 2020 17:01:35 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=14161&PID=137681#137681 Rpod 179 - 2015 Heater Question : Interesting, I also have a 2015... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=14161&PID=137680#137680 Author: offgrid
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Posted: 25 Oct 2020 at 4:58pm

Interesting, I also have a 2015 179 and it's furnace thermostat is completely independent from the air conditioner. In your case it sounds like there is a single thermostat for both, which is common on the newer units. Are you getting an error code on the thermostat?

]]> Sun, 25 Oct 2020 16:58:07 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=14161&PID=137680#137680 Rpod 179 - 2015 Heater Question : Hi. I am new RPOD 179 (2015) owner.... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=14161&PID=137679#137679 Author: Gualalapod
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Posted: 25 Oct 2020 at 4:46pm

Ouch  Hi.  I am new RPOD 179 (2015) owner.  I have read that the heater only runs on propane, but we are having difficulty figuring out how to run it on propane?  The thermostat says furnace and, when on, first blows the AC / Fan unit like crazy , then the heat below the bed went on for a little while and then shut off and it would not heat.  Any advice??  Thank you!]]> Sun, 25 Oct 2020 16:46:00 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=14161&PID=137679#137679