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#31 Neversummer70

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Posted 21 March 2022 - 12:40 AM

Remove the round foil duct between the heater case and the grille.  Just put the grille back on without the duct.

 

Removes a restriction allowing more air to flow.  Low air flow can prevent the sail switch from activating.

 

Restricted air flow can possibly cause motor overheating then, tripping the thermal breaker inside the furnace.

 

Removed it on mine.  No more problems since I did that to mine at elevations up to 10K feet.

This worked! I was up at Alta today skiing and it was nuking and cold. Worked like a charm. Thanks!


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#32 Colorado Mark

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Posted 22 March 2022 - 02:22 PM

Nice!

 

Wife & I really like it with the duct removed.  With the duct connected, you can only direct the air in a couple directions by turning the round vent.  If you want it to blow forward, the other side is blowing right at the rear door.

 

With the duct removed, you get nice warm air in every direction.  To us, it makes he entire area comfortable rather than just a spot or two.


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#33 blitzkrieg3002

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Posted 23 March 2022 - 11:17 PM

I ditched the propane furnace entirely and installed a Chinese Diesel Heater off ebay for around $120.  I love it.  Ran it up at 8200ft over a couple nights where it dropped down to 0 degrees.  Was camped with my wife and two young kids, 2 yo and 4 yo.  We went snowmobiling the next day.  it was really cold.  had the heater on pretty low and it was about 60 deg inside the FWC with Thermal pack.  I'm in a swift model so the smallest model, and was a 5kw Heater.  Really loving the CDH so far and havn't looked back at the Propane furnace.  


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#34 Jsoboti

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Posted 24 March 2022 - 01:24 PM

I ditched the propane furnace entirely and installed a Chinese Diesel Heater off ebay for around $120.  I love it.  Ran it up at 8200ft over a couple nights where it dropped down to 0 degrees.  Was camped with my wife and two young kids, 2 yo and 4 yo.  We went snowmobiling the next day.  it was really cold.  had the heater on pretty low and it was about 60 deg inside the FWC with Thermal pack.  I'm in a swift model so the smallest model, and was a 5kw Heater.  Really loving the CDH so far and havn't looked back at the Propane furnace.  

 

Blitz,

Any pics of your conversion? Thanks!


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Posted 24 March 2022 - 02:46 PM

I ditched the propane furnace entirely and installed a Chinese Diesel Heater off ebay for around $120.  I love it.  Ran it up at 8200ft over a couple nights where it dropped down to 0 degrees.  Was camped with my wife and two young kids, 2 yo and 4 yo.  We went snowmobiling the next day.  it was really cold.  had the heater on pretty low and it was about 60 deg inside the FWC with Thermal pack.  I'm in a swift model so the smallest model, and was a 5kw Heater.  Really loving the CDH so far and havn't looked back at the Propane furnace.  

 

 

Assuming truck is diesel?   What about cooking stove?


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