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s_N_s's avatar
s_N_s
Explorer
Dec 23, 2013

LP fireplace only???

Friends of ours have ordered a new Pinnacle which went on the line last week. In a conversation we had they mentioned there model (front living room) only comes with a LP fireplace. All other models they make come with electric. Can this be correct?? Seems kind of odd to me that it would only come in 1 model with out any option to change it to electric. Any input??? I personally think they would like the electric but don't want to create any problems. For what these things cost I most certainly would want what "I" want in my unit.
  • 2008Wildcat's avatar
    2008Wildcat
    Explorer
    Dec 23, 2013
    Have never seen a mfg use an LP fireplace in a production rv.....


    They don't define what they are using on the website, just says "ledgestone fireplace", which is just a fake stone surrounded fireplace...
  • RoyB's avatar
    RoyB
    Explorer II
    Dec 23, 2013
    I did find a PROPANE fired fireplace for RV's on google search...

    The list of cautions in the manual sure would scare the "H" out of me using one haha...

    RV PROPANE FIREPLACE
  • waltbennett's avatar
    waltbennett
    Explorer
    Dec 23, 2013
    While a catalytic one would work fine (like a Mr. Heater), a flame type would be bad for certain although the one Roy found is vented which wouldn't appear to be more efficient than the regular kind. We've a Big Buddy that works very well when dry camping, although I'm still trying to figure out how to hook it to something larger than the bottle tanks without drilling holes, etc.
  • kakampers's avatar
    kakampers
    Explorer
    Dec 23, 2013
    After working in the gas industry for the past year, and learning the differences between natural and LP gas, I wouldn't use LP appliances unless absolutely necessary....tend to use our electric heat pumps, etc, before even turning on propane furnace.
  • TakingThe5th's avatar
    TakingThe5th
    Explorer
    Dec 23, 2013
    Propane produces more moisture then an electric fireplace. Also, where is the oxygen source for the flame? Does the fireplace have a direct vent? If the flue is handling just exhaust gases and there is no fresh air source - I would prefer the electric fireplace, but a person who doesn't have 50 amp shore power might see it differently.
  • bad99ram's avatar
    bad99ram
    Explorer
    Dec 23, 2013
    Jayco only offers one Pinnacle with a front living room. Under Options on the Jayco website I found the following info for that model

    "Fireplace (N/A 38FLFS)" It appears that that option is Not Available
  • Francesca_Knowl's avatar
    Francesca_Knowl
    Explorer
    Dec 23, 2013
    There's no doubt that such an install would be direct-vented for both combustion and exhaust. I for one see no safety issues here.

    That said:

    I think those folks must be mistaken- I just can't imagine ANY RVmaker offering such a restrictive "option". This especially since an electric unit would obviously be much cheaper/easier to install.
  • Old-Biscuit's avatar
    Old-Biscuit
    Explorer III
    Dec 23, 2013
    kakampers wrote:
    After working in the gas industry for the past year, and learning the differences between natural and LP gas, I wouldn't use LP appliances unless absolutely necessary....tend to use our electric heat pumps, etc, before even turning on propane furnace.


    Oh please fill us in on the mysteries of propane.

    100,000's RVs not taken in to account the millions of S&B homes using propane

    :H

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