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Sunnysunny
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Jan 27, 2017

Heating - how much time does it take to heat fifth wheel?

On average how long does it take to get the interior of a fifth wheel trailer from 32f to 70f? Assuming a 2016 model with a 30,000 btu furnace. Any experience you've had and would like to share would ...
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CID
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Jan 27, 2017
It's common practice when testing air conditioning to monitor the air temp at the vent to get an idea of performance. I imagine it would be the same with heating, vent temp should be XX* which would have almost nothing to do with how cold the camper is (once the ducting heats up). 5 hours just doesn't sound reasonable.

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