Suburban Furnace No Heat

[Ralph Fullenwider]

Sorry Bob and Curt, your right of course, thanks.

Safe travels,

Ralph & Charolette Fullenwider
'84 FC 35 "Ruff Diamond"
Duncan, Oklahoma

At 05:54 PM 12/2/2009 +0000, you wrote:
>Curt - I just replaced the center furnace in our FC with a NT16SE. This
>is the front discharge model. If I had it to do over I would use the
>ducted model. (The center FC furnace does not duct under the shower -
>that is the front furnace.)
>
>I re-used the original discharge duct that BB had attached to the furnace
>front panel. It would have been easier to adapt the duct to the solid
>front panel of the ducted model.
>
>Other than the duct and some revisions to the propane inlet the job was
>easy. Changing the propane fittings required pulling the new furnace out
>of its housing. If you have enough space on the right side of the furnace
>you can use the original fittings.
>
>Also, BB cut away part of the furnace housing for clearance on the FC. I
>had to duplicate the cut on the new one. This may not be an issue on the PT.
>
>Frankly, if your firebox and flue are in good shape I'd fix the old
>one. A dinasaur circuit board and new fan motor is about all it should
>take. The new one is cheaply made and considerably noisier.
>
>In fact, until the fan motor packed up, all I had to do to get heat from
>our old one was to re-adjust the igniter gap once or twice. Its in the book.
>
>Bob Griesel '84 FC31 WLII WA
>
>--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Curt Sprenger
>wrote:
> >
> > Having the no heat issue from the center propane heater, Suburban NT16 SW.
> >
> > Suburban tells me the NT16 SW was designed for Wanderlodge…the W for
> > Wanderlodge. The NT16 SE looks to be the same unit. Suburban could not tell
> > me the difference in the two units. Anyone have that knowledge?
> >
> > Anyone know if the NT16 SE can be used as a direct replacement for the NT16
> > SW without modifications?
> >
> >
> > Curt Sprenger
> > 1987 PT38 8V92 "MacAttack Racing"
> > Anaheim Hills, CA
> >
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Safe travels,

Ralph & Charolette Fullenwider
'84 FC 35 "Ruff Diamond"
Duncan, Oklahoma