Manual fan setting for gas furnace in rv

Gdetrailer wrote:

Bill.Satellite wrote:

Gdetrailer wrote:
not going to work.

You would end up pushing COOL air from the furnace since the burner won't be lit into the basement and the return air from the basement will come back into the living space MANY TIMES colder. This cool air most likely will not be warm enough to prevent freeze ups in your plumbing or tanks.

That would end up causing a constant cold breeze which would chill your living space requiring you to add MORE electric heaters..

Just use the furnace as is and be done with it.

I am really puzzled as to why folks winter camp in a minimally insulated RV then start cheaping out with the built in furnace..

If you can't afford the propane, perhaps it is time to rethink your winter camping?

Perhaps other folks have different goals and desires and come here in hopes of help with positive feedback. It's too bad they often get responses like yours.
I don't have a propane furnace so I can't help you OP, but I sure wish I could.

YOUR "feedback" isn't "positive" nor "constructive" either.

I am simply amazed at the amount of posts that increases during winter camping season trying to get something (heat) for nothing.

My post was CONSTRUCTIVE telling the OP as to WHY it will not work.

Circulating ROOM temp air at high speed through a COLD basement does absolutely nothing but to waste what precious little tiny bit of heat electric space heaters could provide.

There simply is not enough heat available in room temp air, you NEED HIGH TEMP AIR to be put into that basement.

Circulating ROOM temp air at high speed through a COLD basement does absolutely nothing but to waste what precious little tiny bit of heat electric space heaters could provide.

There simply is not enough heat available in room temp air, you NEED HIGH TEMP AIR to be put into that basement.

If OP wants to keep the basement warm for things like plumbing without furnace operating they would need to put spot electric heaters in the basement or use heat tape on pipes and tanks then insulate the heck out it.

You can't get something from nothing.

On edit..

I should also note that how a RV furnace is designed EVERY BIT of the room temp "heat" WILL BE LOST as the furnace fan moves the air over the now ICE COLD HEAT EXCHANGER.

RV furnace design uses one motor to drive two fans.

On fan is the inside blower and the other fan is the combustion chamber exhaust inducer.

You cannot stop the combustion inducer fan portion which means the combustion chamber WILL draw ICE COLD OUTSIDE air into and through the entire heat exchanger. Netting ice cold air, not even room temp air being blown into the basement AND what ever other duct opening you have.

If I was planning to cold weather camp I WOULDN'T be this cheap, you are dealing with a box with at best R7 insulation and nothing to stop cold air from getting under the box.

Spend some of your money on propane to heat the darned thing or don't bother cold weather camping.

Cold weather camping just brings out the cheapskates, there should be a few folks chiming in soon about their "Buddy" heating systems.. :R

This is not true BTU's are BTU's, there are less in room temperature air but they are still usable. A heat pump works at lower supply temperatures they just use more air flow to move the heat. So if you can move enough room temp air through the basement to satisfy the BTU load it will work. I don't know how you can make a blanket statement like that, we don't even know what temperatures the OP is dealing with.