How hot is too hot

pawpaw

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Just completed replacing the control board and sail switch in my Suburban NT 20 SQ furnace. It now cranks out the heat....quickly. It is a 20k btu with two ducts and it recently started having intermittent heat. When it did light the flame looked clean and blue, although small, through the observation window but it would take a long time to reach the selected temp on the thermostat. It then started timing out and not lighting and progressively worsened. I measured the ambient temperture last week at the vent when it was lit and it measured 105 F. Today after replacing the control board and sail switch, for good measure since I had it apart, the ambient temperture measured at the vent is approx 150 F. So my question is has anyone else measured their heater temp output directly at the vent? Another test I performed was seeing how long the heater would run to raise the temp 12 degrees. The answer is 4 min. Temp outside during the test is 45 F.

So how hot is too hot?
 

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Interesting question. I"ve never measured mine. If it weren't raining so hard I'd go out and see.
 
I read through both the users and installation guide that came with the suburban furnace and no where does it reference actual temperture. I was able to find one reference on the web that points to ambient temps on a 20K furnace where they enter the duct work at 120 - 140 F. I know most of you here don't have a 20K btu furnace it would be a good reference to compile what the actual temps are leaving the ducts on the majority of furnaces used in our campers.
 

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