R-pod Owners Forum : Heater not heating http://www.rpod-owners.com/ This is an XML content feed of; R-pod Owners Forum : I need HELP!!! : Heater not heating Copyright (c) 2006-2009 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Wed, 20 May 2026 23:21:57 +0000 Mon, 09 Oct 2023 23:54:19 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 9.64 360 www.rpod-owners.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=15868 R-pod Owners Forum http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png http://www.rpod-owners.com/ Heater not heating : Clanging metal sounds are not... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=15868&PID=152913#152913 Author: StephenH
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Posted: 09 Oct 2023 at 11:54pm

Clanging metal sounds are not good. You will need to get that checked out professionally. The fan blower may have broken or something else has. There is a sail switch. If the fan does not spin up and there isn't enough air movement to move the sail switch sufficiently, it will not allow propane to flow. That is likely why you did not smell propane.]]> Mon, 09 Oct 2023 23:54:19 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=15868&PID=152913#152913 Heater not heating : So, I tried lighting the stove... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=15868&PID=152912#152912 Author: Bonnieladd
Subject: 15868
Posted: 09 Oct 2023 at 9:43pm

So, I tried lighting the stove top (no problem), firing up the fridge (all good), and I even lit up the bush kitchen flat top (cookin with gas) and let them all burn.  I then tried the furnace several more times.  After a a couple of attempts, the fan started sputtering on and off, the ticking turned into strange intermittent clanging - sounded like a woodpecker on an aluminum tree or a pneumatic ratchet - but it would only do it randomly and in spurts.  I stopped trying after several attempts and the fan stopped coming on.  I never smelled gas.  ]]> Mon, 09 Oct 2023 21:43:55 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=15868&PID=152912#152912 Heater not heating : Greetings Bonnieladd,It could... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=15868&PID=152911#152911 Author: jato
Subject: 15868
Posted: 09 Oct 2023 at 4:22pm

Greetings Bonnieladd,

It could very well be, since this is the first time heater is being used, the propane needs to get to the ignitor.  Every time I change propane tanks, air gets in the line, and it takes 3-4 attempts to get the furnace to light.  Same goes for turning on the propane water heater and fridge.  First thing I do is to light the stove, even that takes about 15 seconds to light after changing tanks, and then proceed to HW, fridge, and finally stove.  Hopefully it will be an easy fix.
]]> Mon, 09 Oct 2023 16:22:35 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=15868&PID=152911#152911 Heater not heating : We took the new 193 out this weekend... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=15868&PID=152908#152908 Author: Bonnieladd
Subject: 15868
Posted: 09 Oct 2023 at 11:09am

We took the new 193 out this weekend and the temp got frosty cold outside - the first time since we purchased the 2022 Rpod 193 new this spring.  I opened the gas valve on the tank and then set the thermostat to "heat" in the RV.  The fan kicked on, then I heard several rapid ticks (furnace being lit?).  However, the heat never came on.  The fan kept running, but it just wasn't producing any heat.  
This is the first time I have tried to use the heat.  Is there some start-up process I need to do? 
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