Propane Woes Question
Another question about the propane from the big sideways tank in a Class C. After we bought this rig recently, turned on the propane tank gas valve, and had a heck of a time getting the appliances ...
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BFL13 wrote:
OK back from the first camping episode of four nights away off grid.
We do not have that witness type double gauge. Sounds like a good idea though.
Everything worked except the silly furnace would leave the fan running forever if all you did was turn the heat way down. Only way to turn off the fan is turn the little lever on the thermostat to OFF. Then the fan quits after its proper delay.
So that means getting the place nice and warm before bedtime and turning it off. Back on in the morning. Not going to work if it gets really cold out, but ok for now.
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The big tank has the level gauge on the left, then the open/ close tap, then a round thing covered with white plastic, then the Marshall regulator (also with a white plastic cover)
The round thing when un-covered is a grey shut- off valve looking thing, with the needle pointing along with the line, towards the open/close tap. Is this the auto shut off ??? The needle is raised a bit so it looks like you could turn it with your thumb to against the line flow, but why do that when there is the open /close tap right there beside it? So I am thinking this might be the safety auto shut off mentioned earlier in this thread ?
Thanks.
The furnace fan should shut off with the thermostat off. If I had to guess, I would suspect the thermostat of not operating properly, but it may be something in the furnace control board. Either way, it's something that ought to be fixed if you plan on doing much of any cool weather camping. (Do also check that the thermostat has the fan set to auto rather than on, assuming it has a separate fan control. Usually that control only affects the air conditioner, but perhaps on yours it also applies to the furnace.)
The unknown thing with the plastic cover may possibly be the tank fill port? It might be easier to say with a picture, or maybe just watch when the tank is being filled sometime. There's usually also a little fill level vent valve thingy that is cracked open to determine when the propane is filled up to the maximum 80% level--one watches to see when liquid rather than gas spits out while filling the tank.
