gohusaberg
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2018 Winnebago View 24J with a full tank of propane. This is sort of a weird problem. Actually, several problems all at once. Looking for a few pearls of wisdom.
We turned on the furnace a couple of days ago and it has apparently died. Air is blowing hard and it actually ignites but goes out in less than a minute. It will repeat this several times and then it won't even try again until we turn it off and then back on. If I restrict the air flow a little from the outside exhaust it will stay lit and heat my hands (a little) for as long as I hold my hands in the way of the exhaust but it's not enough to heat the air going to the floor vents. Seems like it's really weak when it lights off. So, thinking that maybe we have a propane flow problem I cycled the outside and inside propane cut-out switches and no change in symptoms. I then tested the fridge and it will not run on propane either. Hmmm... I then tested the cook top and the hot water heater and they are strong as ever. Is there anything in common with the lines going to the fridge and furnace? Also, I never could get the thermostat to behave. Sometimes it gives me the option of gas or electric heat and other times it forces me to select gas/elec together. I am aware of how the gas will supplement the heat pump if there is too much of a difference between desired temp and actual. But it didn't seem to matter if I had the thermostat one or ten degrees above the interior temp. Really random.
On a completely unrelated note, we turned on the heat pump and it won't heat either. Are you kidding? These are all brand new problems. I found some pretty well done videos on it so I need to troubleshoot it. The three year warranty was up in July. Thankfully we were plugged in and have always used a small electric space heater but man it was super cold out so I was just trying to knock the initial chill off. We fired up the chassis and oh boy, that Mercedes heater will run you out of the camper.
Thanks in advance!
We turned on the furnace a couple of days ago and it has apparently died. Air is blowing hard and it actually ignites but goes out in less than a minute. It will repeat this several times and then it won't even try again until we turn it off and then back on. If I restrict the air flow a little from the outside exhaust it will stay lit and heat my hands (a little) for as long as I hold my hands in the way of the exhaust but it's not enough to heat the air going to the floor vents. Seems like it's really weak when it lights off. So, thinking that maybe we have a propane flow problem I cycled the outside and inside propane cut-out switches and no change in symptoms. I then tested the fridge and it will not run on propane either. Hmmm... I then tested the cook top and the hot water heater and they are strong as ever. Is there anything in common with the lines going to the fridge and furnace? Also, I never could get the thermostat to behave. Sometimes it gives me the option of gas or electric heat and other times it forces me to select gas/elec together. I am aware of how the gas will supplement the heat pump if there is too much of a difference between desired temp and actual. But it didn't seem to matter if I had the thermostat one or ten degrees above the interior temp. Really random.
On a completely unrelated note, we turned on the heat pump and it won't heat either. Are you kidding? These are all brand new problems. I found some pretty well done videos on it so I need to troubleshoot it. The three year warranty was up in July. Thankfully we were plugged in and have always used a small electric space heater but man it was super cold out so I was just trying to knock the initial chill off. We fired up the chassis and oh boy, that Mercedes heater will run you out of the camper.
Thanks in advance!