Conv/charger

How far is the wire run?

That's the bad thing. It's in an enclosed compartment under the fridge. The only vent is from the face of the panel. I suppose I could mount it in the basement compartment and run wire to the panel. With heavy guage wire 3/4' should work ok huh?

As long as the ventilation is good any of the three will perform reliably in all conditions.

RJsfishin wrote:

64thunderbolt wrote:
Well I thought some might understand. The furnace thing started a few months ago. It wasn't quite 117 at that time. Sorry if I didn't spell out every little detail for ya. My last toyhauler had a WFCO and the trailer was 7 yrs old when I sold it and it was still running so I guess I don't understand your comment.

You commented previously that @ 80-90 it would go up in smoke anyways. There's a lot of them here in the desert that haven't smoked yet. If things wouldn't take 80-90* then we could not have anything here in this climate.

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I currently have a wfco 55a. What would be a reasonable upgrade
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What am I missing ?? Maybe that wasn't what it said !
If you had been on this forum very long, you would find not many OEM WFCO still running. Most were defective right from the get go, and if they weren't. they went up in smoke later. I really don't know of a bigger rippoff in the RV industry than the WFCO converter disaster.
Problem was they were installed as OEM because they were cheap. And worse yet, CW was selling them as replacement changeouts, also because they were cheap .But then I don't mean to be spelling it out for you.

I have been here for a few yrs but never had the need to get into this section as I never had any problems. But you guys have given me some good info. Sounds as it mine is acting up so a new one is cheaper than new batt or a fire or something so I will be replacing it soon. So i will research the ones that have been suggested. I wasn't trying to be a jerk I suppose I didn't tell the complete story & timeline in my post.

Thanks again to everyone for the comments.

Again, which one do you think would hold up in our extreem heat?

64thunderbolt wrote:

Come spend a summer with us and you will find a whole new set of challenges.

This is so very true. I grew up much of my life in Michigan in a house with no AC, and the first 3 houses I owned did not have central AC either.

Gulf coast Texas is not as hot as AZ but learning about simple things like how powerful the sun really is (in the green house of a vehicle, an attic, or for solar) or that the parking lot will stick to your shoes are not intuitive if you have not lived here. Batteries live a short but spectacular life. Tires cook out all the plasticizer and don't grip well in rain after just a few summers. It's quite different for those of use who did not grow up with it.

Camping here is a lot different than camping up north. I camped 12 months of the year there even below 0 degrees, and I camp in over 100 degrees here, but the equipment, techniques, and especially assumptions and mind set you need for each are sometimes quite different.

Thank goodness good insulation is a universal constant value in extreme weather.

Jim

64thunderbolt wrote:
Well I thought some might understand. The furnace thing started a few months ago. It wasn't quite 117 at that time. Sorry if I didn't spell out every little detail for ya. My last toyhauler had a WFCO and the trailer was 7 yrs old when I sold it and it was still running so I guess I don't understand your comment.

You commented previously that @ 80-90 it would go up in smoke anyways. There's a lot of them here in the desert that haven't smoked yet. If things wouldn't take 80-90* then we could not have anything here in this climate.

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I currently have a wfco 55a. What would be a reasonable upgrade
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What am I missing ?? Maybe that wasn't what it said !
If you had been on this forum very long, you would find not many OEM WFCO still running. Most were defective right from the get go, and if they weren't. they went up in smoke later. I really don't know of a bigger rippoff in the RV industry than the WFCO converter disaster.
Problem was they were installed as OEM because they were cheap. And worse yet, CW was selling them as replacement changeouts, also because they were cheap .But then I don't mean to be spelling it out for you.

My 55a WFCO failed by getting stuck in boost. Catch it before you ruin some batteries.

Well I thought some might understand. The furnace thing started a few months ago. It wasn't quite 117 at that time. Sorry if I didn't spell out every little detail for ya. My last toyhauler had a WFCO and the trailer was 7 yrs old when I sold it and it was still running so I guess I don't understand your comment.

You commented previously that @ 80-90 it would go up in smoke anyways. There's a lot of them here in the desert that haven't smoked yet. If things wouldn't take 80-90* then we could not have anything here in this climate.

Your post reads like it was the converter fan.

But not for me to understand,.....117 degrees one minute, and the heater fan running ?? But its ok.
If you run a WFCO converter, it won't run long anyways.

RJsfishin wrote:
IMO, the fan will never run in any "quality" (properly mounted) converter unless it's surrounding temperature gets 90 to 100 degrees,
If the fan is already coming on at 60 to 70 degrees, what do you suppose its going to do at 80 to 90 degrees,......go up in smoke one day ?? Right.
Of course, this is assuming that it has been properly installed w/ adequate ventilation. But same difference, a quality converter should be able to operate w/ minimal ventilation, and the fan will take care of it from there.

I'm talking about the furnace fan when the heat is on and the conv cycles.

Have you seen the temps here in Az? The conv fan runs all the time except for a couple of months in winter.

What do you suppose it would have done yesterday @ 117*

While preparing for a camping trip and it's plugged in for 2 days trying to cool down the fridge the conv fan is on within min of plugging in and will run continually until I pull the plug to leave.

Come spend a summer with us and you will find a whole new set of challenges.