No heat

Well, heat worked this morning when i tried it. This is not the 1st time this happened.

Thermostat set at 80, just blows cold, temp unside was 61. Wondering if burner uses 12v to ignite, and does that 12v come from a converter or directly off the batteries?

greende wrote:
It sounds as though the indicator is the only thing that is malfunctioning on your auto regulator since you have good flow to the stove. While the furnace may require a higher flow of propane, I doubt that the regulator is the issue here. We still do not know if the changeover function works. May want to replace it.

I am not an expert on furnaces so someone else may have to chime in. There is a sail switch that has to come on for the flow of propane to start. This detects air flow. In a rig as old as yours, these can fail or get so dirty that they don't work right. Also be sure the exhaust is not plugged with wasp nests etc. I think that would be a good start.

Well had a similar incident last winter with our furnace. Went to the coast tanks full and opened correctly. Furnace would fire then go out immediately would not stay on. Used electric heaters for the remainder of the weekend. Checked out furnace on return all was good, replaced regulator and now works like a champ. The stove worked great during this time.Keep in mind the burners on the stove don't use a lot of propane, it you turn off the propane the a burner of the stove will continue to burn for close to 2 minutes.

I do know the indicator on propane indicators can be bad. I've had several that just did not work. As far as heater my only experience is I had the board go out. I also know if you have run out of propane while heater is not, you will need to turn heater off and then back on.

Were you trying to run the heat to make sure it worked even though it was warm inside?

In other words, was the fan set to "lo" or "hi" so the fan ran non-stop but the heat did not ignite because it was set at 72 but it was much warmer in the camper.

Just checking the simple things first.

Are you running on battery or plugged in? To low of voltage and the burner will not ignite, just keep running the fan.

Shut the valve back off on the tank. Then turn it on very slowly. If opened too fast flow will be stopped.

It sounds as though the indicator is the only thing that is malfunctioning on your auto regulator since you have good flow to the stove. While the furnace may require a higher flow of propane, I doubt that the regulator is the issue here. We still do not know if the changeover function works. May want to replace it.

I am not an expert on furnaces so someone else may have to chime in. There is a sail switch that has to come on for the flow of propane to start. This detects air flow. In a rig as old as yours, these can fail or get so dirty that they don't work right. Also be sure the exhaust is not plugged with wasp nests etc. I think that would be a good start.