LP Heater Problem 1983 FC RB

[dru penland]

Hey Gang!


Having real issues with my three LP heaters. Sometimes they fire up and other
time they don't . Does leveling the coach have anything to do with this? I was
told this weekend that if I'm out of level, they may not fire. I've never heard
of such a thing, but with all the safety redundancy on this BB, I'm very careful
to be doubtful at the moment.

Thanks!


Dru and Debora
Corpus Christi, TX
1983 FC 35 RB


Dru and Debora
Corpus Christi, TX
1983 FC 35 RB

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Henry Jay Hannigan]

---Happened to me once..blower worked but NO gas flame...turned out
that I did not have the HOUSE battery switch on...just a thought...
regards,
Hank Hannigan
90SP36
80FC31 for sale







In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, dru penland wrote:
>
> Hey Gang!
>
>
> Having real issues with my three LP heaters. Sometimes they fire
up and other time they don't . Does leveling the coach have anything
to do with this? I was told this weekend that if I'm out of level,
they may not fire. I've never heard of such a thing, but with all
the safety redundancy on this BB, I'm very careful to be doubtful at
the moment.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> Dru and Debora
> Corpus Christi, TX
> 1983 FC 35 RB
>
>
> Dru and Debora
> Corpus Christi, TX
> 1983 FC 35 RB
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

[fwernlein]

Some thoughts:

Leveling should have no effect unless you are walking on the walls,
even then they would likley work.

You have LP in the tank; you have looked and cleaned out interior
and exterior vents of heater with compressed air or vacume; you have
sufficent voltage (charged up batts and/or inverter/shore power -
does your LP stove light up good, if my voltage is low, the stove
lighter/clicker sounds weaker); 12 vt.master under
dash and 12vt. electronic master switch both on (in driver side
overhead bin at rear of couch in salon in my '85); and you have
reset the LP alarm at bottom of refrige...right?

If your saying they are not blowing/running at all? Then it sounds
electrical...check power to the units.

If the fan runs, and unit goes thru the start-up cycle (fan start, a
click about 15 seconds later, but then not lighting off) and they
blow cold air, check the files for the surburban manual and service
as indicated: in summary, check the igniter for spark and tip
position and clean it. Check burner tube for mud dauber dirt. Check
sail switch for free movement. While around in there, check with
soapy water for leaks at joints.

On purchase two of mine were giving me trouble...i followed the
above and since, no problems. Fan, click, nice hot air!!!

As a suggestion:...this 20+ year old stuff can fail:

1: buy a new CO/smoke detector and keep a fresh battery in it. 2:
carry a small electrical heater also...just in case. Nice to have
in an emergency.

Good luck!

Frank
85FC33
Woodbridge, Va.


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, dru penland
wrote:
>
> Hey Gang!
>
>
> Having real issues with my three LP heaters. Sometimes they fire
up and other time they don't . Does leveling the coach have anything
to do with this? I was told this weekend that if I'm out of level,
they may not fire. I've never heard of such a thing, but with all
the safety redundancy on this BB, I'm very careful to be doubtful at
the moment.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> Dru and Debora
> Corpus Christi, TX
> 1983 FC 35 RB
>
>
> Dru and Debora
> Corpus Christi, TX
> 1983 FC 35 RB
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

[D]

Thanks for your response. I didn't see any replies in my e-mail and
thought maybe I had angered the group in some indirect way. Come to
find out, my membership was bouncing due to undeliveralble mail.
Fixed that with a few buttons, somehow.

Anyway, thanks Frank and Henry for your input. All three of the
furnaces have worked within the last week, but not all at the same
time. Blowers on all of them work great and the spark igniters work
fine. After the spark ingniter quits, there is a clunk sound which I
figuring is the gas shut in valve closing the system off. This is
what you have described, Frank and I guess I just have a cleaning
problem ahead of me. They look darn fun to service in their little
slots.

The stove lights fine and I have about 3/4 of a tank af fuel in the
cell. I'll take your suggestion and run with it.

I posted this question on the Wanderlodge forum after I did not see
any replies in my email. Hope not to offend. I thank you all very
much.

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "fwernlein"
wrote:
>
> Some thoughts:
>
> Leveling should have no effect unless you are walking on the walls,
> even then they would likley work.
>
> You have LP in the tank; you have looked and cleaned out interior
> and exterior vents of heater with compressed air or vacume; you
have
> sufficent voltage (charged up batts and/or inverter/shore power -
> does your LP stove light up good, if my voltage is low, the stove
> lighter/clicker sounds weaker); 12 vt.master under
> dash and 12vt. electronic master switch both on (in driver side
> overhead bin at rear of couch in salon in my '85); and you have
> reset the LP alarm at bottom of refrige...right?
>
> If your saying they are not blowing/running at all? Then it sounds
> electrical...check power to the units.
>
> If the fan runs, and unit goes thru the start-up cycle (fan start,
a
> click about 15 seconds later, but then not lighting off) and they
> blow cold air, check the files for the surburban manual and service
> as indicated: in summary, check the igniter for spark and tip
> position and clean it. Check burner tube for mud dauber dirt. Check
> sail switch for free movement. While around in there, check with
> soapy water for leaks at joints.
>
> On purchase two of mine were giving me trouble...i followed the
> above and since, no problems. Fan, click, nice hot air!!!
>
> As a suggestion:...this 20+ year old stuff can fail:
>
> 1: buy a new CO/smoke detector and keep a fresh battery in it. 2:
> carry a small electrical heater also...just in case. Nice to have
> in an emergency.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Frank
> 85FC33
> Woodbridge, Va.
>
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, dru penland
> wrote:
> >
> > Hey Gang!
> >
> >
> > Having real issues with my three LP heaters. Sometimes they
fire
> up and other time they don't . Does leveling the coach have
anything
> to do with this? I was told this weekend that if I'm out of level,
> they may not fire. I've never heard of such a thing, but with all
> the safety redundancy on this BB, I'm very careful to be doubtful
at
> the moment.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> >
> > Dru and Debora
> > Corpus Christi, TX
> > 1983 FC 35 RB
> >
> >
> > Dru and Debora
> > Corpus Christi, TX
> > 1983 FC 35 RB
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>

[fwernlein]

Dru, hope the cleaning works, it is a bit of a bear due to tight
spaces but the plus side is that you do not have to do this that
often.

One tip: Took me about half an hour to figure this out the time I
did it!!! You may see that the kitchen area furnace at first
appears to have almost no access...remove your bottom drawer and
then pull out on the lower trim section holding the vent...it should
pop off as it is held on by magnetic catches.

Good luck!

Frank
85FC33



--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "D" wrote:
>
> Thanks for your response. I didn't see any replies in my e-mail
and
> thought maybe I had angered the group in some indirect way. Come
to
> find out, my membership was bouncing due to undeliveralble mail.
> Fixed that with a few buttons, somehow.
>
> Anyway, thanks Frank and Henry for your input. All three of the
> furnaces have worked within the last week, but not all at the same
> time. Blowers on all of them work great and the spark igniters
work
> fine. After the spark ingniter quits, there is a clunk sound which
I
> figuring is the gas shut in valve closing the system off. This is
> what you have described, Frank and I guess I just have a cleaning
> problem ahead of me. They look darn fun to service in their little
> slots.
>
> The stove lights fine and I have about 3/4 of a tank af fuel in
the
> cell. I'll take your suggestion and run with it.
>
> I posted this question on the Wanderlodge forum after I did not
see
> any replies in my email. Hope not to offend. I thank you all very
> much.
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "fwernlein"
> wrote:
> >
> > Some thoughts:
> >
> > Leveling should have no effect unless you are walking on the
walls,
> > even then they would likley work.
> >
> > You have LP in the tank; you have looked and cleaned out
interior
> > and exterior vents of heater with compressed air or vacume; you
> have
> > sufficent voltage (charged up batts and/or inverter/shore power -

> > does your LP stove light up good, if my voltage is low, the
stove
> > lighter/clicker sounds weaker); 12 vt.master under
> > dash and 12vt. electronic master switch both on (in driver side
> > overhead bin at rear of couch in salon in my '85); and you have
> > reset the LP alarm at bottom of refrige...right?
> >
> > If your saying they are not blowing/running at all? Then it
sounds
> > electrical...check power to the units.
> >
> > If the fan runs, and unit goes thru the start-up cycle (fan
start,
> a
> > click about 15 seconds later, but then not lighting off) and
they
> > blow cold air, check the files for the surburban manual and
service
> > as indicated: in summary, check the igniter for spark and tip
> > position and clean it. Check burner tube for mud dauber dirt.
Check
> > sail switch for free movement. While around in there, check
with
> > soapy water for leaks at joints.
> >
> > On purchase two of mine were giving me trouble...i followed the
> > above and since, no problems. Fan, click, nice hot air!!!
> >
> > As a suggestion:...this 20+ year old stuff can fail:
> >
> > 1: buy a new CO/smoke detector and keep a fresh battery in it.
2:
> > carry a small electrical heater also...just in case. Nice to
have
> > in an emergency.
> >
> > Good luck!
> >
> > Frank
> > 85FC33
> > Woodbridge, Va.
> >
> >
> > --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, dru penland
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Hey Gang!
> > >
> > >
> > > Having real issues with my three LP heaters. Sometimes they
> fire
> > up and other time they don't . Does leveling the coach have
> anything
> > to do with this? I was told this weekend that if I'm out of
level,
> > they may not fire. I've never heard of such a thing, but with
all
> > the safety redundancy on this BB, I'm very careful to be
doubtful
> at
> > the moment.
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > >
> > > Dru and Debora
> > > Corpus Christi, TX
> > > 1983 FC 35 RB
> > >
> > >
> > > Dru and Debora
> > > Corpus Christi, TX
> > > 1983 FC 35 RB
> > >
> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > >
> >
>