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Fleetwood_Coupl
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Nov 13, 2014

Using propane heater exhaust as a outside heat source?

Has anyone experimented with piping the propane heat exhaust under their class A for an additional heat source for the basement and keeping the main floor warmer? My Idea here was to use dryer vent ...
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n7bsn
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Nov 13, 2014
Just about every RV has the same basic model of furnace.

Tech wise these furnaces are about as efficient as home propane furnaces of 30 years ago. RV furnaces haven't really changed much since the first blower-type propane furnaces were installed in an RV.

I suspect the companies really don't see enough of a demand for them to try and get RV furnaces as nearly as efficient as home ones.

The same could be said for water-heaters

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