More efficient propane furnace
I have a fair-sized fifth wheel and am often surprised at both the propane usage and 12v power the furnace consumes. It is 18 years old but works good and is clean (no dirt dauber nests and so on). Ha...
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I swapped out my power and amps ‘sucking’ OEM Suburban 30k btu, for a Atwood 2 speed 15-30k btu furnace which once achieving 2 degrees of the t-stat set-point it shifts to low burner and low speed mode, and remains there thereafter… To make this swap work requires one additional t-stat wire (for the 2 speeds), and because Atwood exterior panel is a bit smaller (but sold optional), to re-use the exterior OEM Suburban access panel - this, simply done by merely lining up the furnace exhaust port with the Suburban panel’s exhaust opening and by using HVAC tape, sealing around the (slightly undersized) furnace’s parameter…Savings of both LPG and battery power is quite substantial..Amps dropped from just over 10a to about 4a…
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