heater Fan Run Time
I searched but cannot find an answer,, It seems that my heater fan comes on before the heater lights off. The fan runs for almost 40 seconds then you can hear the heater light off, when it reaches ...
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trail-explorer wrote:jake2250 wrote:
Yes,, thats my issue, If I could reduce the amount of fan run on after the flame goes out it would retain the heat. Instead it feel like it is blowing off the heat generated.
It's blowing the generated heat (from the heat exchanger/flame chamber) into the RV... so I'm not sure what's bad about that.
It's a safety function to cool off the heat exchanger before shutting down the fan. I'm sure it's probably a safety requirement of the UL.
Home gas furnaces operate the same way.
X2 - you're not loosing any heat, the fan is just circulating the air while the furnace cools down. As the air circulates while cooling the furnace, you're probably getting a little bit of free hot air because the furnace is no longer burning propane.
Bill
