Running furnace while traveling
I see a lot of post where people talk about running furnace while traveling in cold weather. Do you leave it on when you stop for fuel? Are all your vents postponed so they are not covered? On mi...
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justme wrote:
It is not a good idea to leave the furnace running for safety and functional reasons. Safety is obvious and those the have vents covered by slides are taking a risk of over-heating the furnace. The furnace mfg's recommend that non obstructed air flow is necessary and any vent that is block limits that air flow. That is the reason RV manufacturers do not use vents that are closeable.
Most furnaces in RV's have a low air flow switch that will not allow the furnace to light unless there is adequate air flow. I discovered this when a furnace in an RV I had failed to light because this switch went bad.
