Time to Troubleshoot the furnace
My Atwood furnace worked great when I tested it before buying the coach... I haven't tried to use it since then, but now that it's getting chilly I tried to fire it up, but the blower won't come on...
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Not a bad idea to pull the furnace and give it a good cleaning on a work bench. Not hard to pull, just make sure you locate the screws holding it down.
I had a 93 Pace Arrow Diesel pusher with two Hydro-Flame furnaces. One was burning strange so I pulled it & found a partially rusted burner. Also found an old mouse nest in one of the ducts!
The sail switch on the Hydroflames was simply a veeder type microswitch with a long arm & small square or "sail". Hard to imagine the actual switch going out BUT mud daubers & such love to bild mini mud mansions in those furnaces. Also, the squirrel cage blowers get dirty & out of balance.
Sometimes I read threads about people who oil the blower motors because they squeak but then report back that the squeaking starts up again! The blower motors themselves run around 100 bucks.
Those Hydroflame furnaces are practically bulletproof "IF" you keep them clean and maintained. Everything, including ignitor boards in that 93 Pace was original and 100% functioning because it was maintained. Sold her last year and do indeed miss her!
I had a 93 Pace Arrow Diesel pusher with two Hydro-Flame furnaces. One was burning strange so I pulled it & found a partially rusted burner. Also found an old mouse nest in one of the ducts!
The sail switch on the Hydroflames was simply a veeder type microswitch with a long arm & small square or "sail". Hard to imagine the actual switch going out BUT mud daubers & such love to bild mini mud mansions in those furnaces. Also, the squirrel cage blowers get dirty & out of balance.
Sometimes I read threads about people who oil the blower motors because they squeak but then report back that the squeaking starts up again! The blower motors themselves run around 100 bucks.
Those Hydroflame furnaces are practically bulletproof "IF" you keep them clean and maintained. Everything, including ignitor boards in that 93 Pace was original and 100% functioning because it was maintained. Sold her last year and do indeed miss her!
