OK to run furnace while traveling?
Do you all run your gas furnace while traveling down the road? Is there any problem with doing so? The electric heat is loud and doesn't work very well when it is this cold.
Forum Discussion
The thing many folks worry about when running the furnace down the road is what happens if for some reason it blows out.
Modern DSI furnaces... Either re-light or go into ignition lockout and shut down, completly, 100% safe.
Older pilot type (Assuming such exist) should also go into safety shutdown.
The danger.... If you get hit "Just so" and rupture a propane line, then the only thing that prevents the busted line from turning into a torch is the excess flow valve in the tank... The safety devices in the furnace are near foolproof, (In fact I have never heard of one failing) but the valve in the tank is not all that well tested.
Modern DSI furnaces... Either re-light or go into ignition lockout and shut down, completly, 100% safe.
Older pilot type (Assuming such exist) should also go into safety shutdown.
The danger.... If you get hit "Just so" and rupture a propane line, then the only thing that prevents the busted line from turning into a torch is the excess flow valve in the tank... The safety devices in the furnace are near foolproof, (In fact I have never heard of one failing) but the valve in the tank is not all that well tested.
