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fuelhauler
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Sep 12, 2014

two day test run

Took the brand new Arctic Fox 990 out for a short two day test run before heading out for a week. Everything worked great but the smoke alarm kept going off when the furnace came on. I did notice a little odor at 1st & my thought was the heater was burning off any odors of new flexible duct work. Anyone have any thoughts? I had to pull the battery out of it while furnace was running. fortunately it wasn't that cold at night & was able to heat the tc up enough before turning in for the night.
  • When I replaced my old one, it went bad and keep giving off false alarms, I installed an on off switch
  • trail-explorer wrote:
    fuelhauler wrote:
    I hope it burns off because it might be a little colder at the lake we are heading too next week.


    Run it at home for a while.... and ventilate the camper with the fantastic roof vent fan (if your 990 has one).... that's what I'd do.


    Good idea I think I will do that today.
  • fuelhauler wrote:
    I hope it burns off because it might be a little colder at the lake we are heading too next week.


    Run it at home for a while.... and ventilate the camper with the fantastic roof vent fan (if your 990 has one).... that's what I'd do.
  • I hope it burns off because it might be a little colder at the lake we are heading too next week.
  • fuelhauler wrote:
    I did notice a little odor at 1st & my thought was the heater was burning off any odors of new flexible duct work.


    Probably the actual heat exchanger unit giving off the odor rather than the flexible ductwork.