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    Posted: 16 Oct 2011 at 11:41am
You don't need to have the fan running with the heat going.  Ours never goes off...just the blower from the furnace.  The nice thing about the furnace is that it does heat up the Pod quickly.  

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I always do. If I have electricity I use an electic heater, stays very warm.
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As far as I know I don't have the heat strip in the air conditioner.  My heater is a gas fired unit with its own blower.  I wondered if I could run that with its own fan and leave the big fan off.
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Posts: 57 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Oct 2011 at 7:21pm
The heater strip would get quite hot if its fan was not running. The heater is on the ceiling where buoyant hot air would just collect.  I think you would run the risk of a fire without the fan.  If the heater strip is so weak that just convection air would circulate past it...the heater would be nearly useless.
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Posts: 9062 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Oct 2011 at 6:37pm
Hodge, sounds like a good idea.
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Posts: 1447 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Oct 2011 at 12:46pm
One more question: can you have the fan off during heat?  I bet it uses far less battery.
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Originally posted by CubFanMan1

The new digital thermostats from Dometic allow you to run the A/C fan and the heater at the same time.

While in the fan mode (little green light illuminated next to fan) you can press either the + or - button and will toggle through three modes. 

AU is auto and the fan will only run when the A/C is running.
Hi is high fan and will run on high during fan, A/C, or heat mode.
Lo is low fan and will run on low during fan, A/C, or heat mode.

Hope this helps.


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Posts: 3990 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 Oct 2011 at 12:22pm
Yes doug we have the older style that forest river used in 09 and early part of 10.
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Interesting, I learned something new today. 
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Posts: 1447 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 Oct 2011 at 3:37am
Thanks.  I will give that a try in spring when I get the pod out of storage.  That is why the universal owners manual is not enough.  I need to know less about 5th wheel landing gear and more about the specific gear in my pod.

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