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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pianotuna wrote:
I will not use an unvented combustion heater. My daughter is a CO survivor.
Thank you for your honesty, it is refreshing.
Glad your daughter survived!
Sadly, there are a lot of macho men on this forum that take the unnecessary risks in order to save a couple of bucks in propane that believe it won't happen to them. While one can take the math behind their reasoning as to why it is justified as safe, it only takes one slight deviation in that math that can foul up the process and create incomplete combustion.
Slight deviations like elevation (lower oxygen levels to start with), contaminants in the propane (butane is often mixed in with propane depending on where you live), contaminants on/in and condition of the catalytic materials all can contribute to less than stellar combustion and that results in CO..
RVs unlike a sticks and brick home are a small confined space, much less air to dilute unwanted combustion by-products. Takes far less time for things to go sideways and when it does, one may not have enough time to realize and react.
