Thor Wanderer Glide Lite - Furnace/Hot Water Heater q's?

[troyman]

Hi everyone, I'm new to the forum and just bought my first new to me travel trailer. It is a 2000 ThorCalifornia Wanderer Glide Lite 230FB. I just took it out for the first trial run and am getting the feel for how everything does, does not work or the fact that I have no clue on how some of it works at all.

I figured out with some help about the propane detector needing to be on in order for the stove to light, so got that part nailed down (Previous owner removed the fuse from the sensor for some reason, but it does seem to be working correctly with the fuse back in place).

On to my questions:

1. Is there something special about getting the furnace to light/run? I know I have flow from the propane tanks at least to the refrigerator and the stove as the fridge was nice and cold and I could light the stove. I tried adjusting the temperature on the thermostat up to a high level, but never felt any heat or any sound of the furnace lighting or running at all.

2. Is there something to check if the water heater will not warm water on just propane/12V? I am about 90% sure that the hot water is working on shore power, but it just made kind of a buzzing sound when we were on 12V/Propane. I was kind of thinking that the propane lines might have been clogged near the water heater, but wasn't sure how to go about purging the lines or if there is a way to blow out all of the propane lines at once with compressed air?

3. If there is a way to clear the propane lines all at once, do I need to be careful about how high of pressure and where would I force the air into the system? Do I just unscrew the lines to the propane tanks and force in air from there?

Thanks for the help on this, I've been doing a bunch of reading on here over the last few weeks and got a lot of good information!

[Old-Biscuit]

Furnace needs good strong 12V DC power to operate......fan motor runs on 12V DC,control circuit uses 12V DC to open gas valve and to provide spark.

Which Brand/model of furnace?

Water heater....
Needs good strong 12V DC to operate on gas.

Which Brand/model of water heater?

SOooooooo.....has good is your battery voltage? Have you tested the DC fuses....don't just look test that you have 12V DC on each side of fuses.

The propane detector....fuse pulled because it probably was beeping and irritating previous owner. Check the backside of detector for expiration date..usually 5-7 yrs. so you are due for a new one.
Now sure why it made your propane work.....on a travel trailer they do not trip the propane. Some motor homes have a shut-off solenoid that trips closed when LP Detector alarms. Haven't seen that on a trailer trailer or 5th wheel trailer with portable propane cylinders


You can crack the gas line fitting at furnace/water heater to check that you have propane flow up to them. NO SMOKING/OPEN FLAMES!!!!!!!
After re-tightening fitting...check with soapy solution for any leak

[Murphsmom]

We had that identical TT for ten years until we traded it for a larger unit last year. I don't recall that we ever had any problems with the propane system, but as the previous poster said, don't try to mess with that yourself. Have it done professionally.

We had many great trips in our Glide Lite. Hope you have many, too.

[calamus]

Do not blow air through the propane lines. If you do not know what you are doing please get help from someone who does propane can be deadly. You purge the lines with propane you go from fixture to fixture to purge the lines and most water heaters start with the 12 volt system.