TC Furnace & Basement Ducting Questions
I do a lot of shoulder season and winter camping in my 2014 Northern Light 9-6, and want to address (2) perceived issues with my current heating system. Before I make changes, I wanted some feedback f...
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I have an Eagle Cap 995 that came with an ineffective flex 2” duct into the basement....With ambient temps around 6-7 df basement temps would drop into the mid-20’s with interior t-stat set at 70df...
The fix was to open up a spare 4” outlet on the furnace plenium and run a new duct into the basement - I also added a 4” butterfly valve to this new duct... Now basement temps stay within about 7-8 degrees below the interior...Furnace operation, run times and interior temps remain unaffected, yet the floor stays warmer and overall interior warmth distribution is more even.
Bottom line here was that the 2” factory duct has too much internal resistance to be of any practical value...
3 tons
The fix was to open up a spare 4” outlet on the furnace plenium and run a new duct into the basement - I also added a 4” butterfly valve to this new duct... Now basement temps stay within about 7-8 degrees below the interior...Furnace operation, run times and interior temps remain unaffected, yet the floor stays warmer and overall interior warmth distribution is more even.
Bottom line here was that the 2” factory duct has too much internal resistance to be of any practical value...
3 tons
