Furnaces. Very inefficient!
Seems to me that the furnaces in rv's are patheticly inefficient. There are natural gas house furnaces that are so good that the exhausts are plastic!
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I do own 93% efficiency furnace in my house and just recently I deal with furnace issue on my camper.
So far few points I noticed on my RV furnace:
- the interior air is circulated against outside furnace steel cover with no insulation
- the exterior air for furnace burner is suck into internal furnace compartment hat has no insulation
-the furnace has a duct that goes into bottom tank compartment, where oversize holes around the plumbing allow the hot air to go straight into the woods.
Being in California I don' use furnace a lot, but just don't like the idea about warming up park more than interior of my RV.
So I put foam insulation on furnace cover and install gate valve on duct pushing the air into under the floor tank compartment.
Since I camp in freezing temperatures like never, I don't need to pump energy to keep my waste tanks and surrounding park warm
So far few points I noticed on my RV furnace:
- the interior air is circulated against outside furnace steel cover with no insulation
- the exterior air for furnace burner is suck into internal furnace compartment hat has no insulation
-the furnace has a duct that goes into bottom tank compartment, where oversize holes around the plumbing allow the hot air to go straight into the woods.
Being in California I don' use furnace a lot, but just don't like the idea about warming up park more than interior of my RV.
So I put foam insulation on furnace cover and install gate valve on duct pushing the air into under the floor tank compartment.
Since I camp in freezing temperatures like never, I don't need to pump energy to keep my waste tanks and surrounding park warm
