heater

[fiveaday1975]

Anybody care to give the steps to get the PU heater going? We have a 2006 Starcraft 2106 and frankly the owner's manual is not it's strong point. Any help would be appreciated.

[flyfisherman]

Anybody care to give the steps to get the PU heater going? We have a 2006 Starcraft 2106 and frankly the owner's manual is not it's strong point. Any help would be appreciated.

My Starcraft manual just covers the basics of the camper itself. When I ttok delivery the dealer gave me not only the owner's manual but serveral other instruction booklets for each appliance that the unit had. Did you not get a seperate manufacturer's instruction booklet for the furnance?



Fly

[pershingd]

What make/model heater do you have?

All I have to do to the heater in my '04 Jayco is just turn the thermostat from off to whatever temperature I want. There is no pilot to light - ignition is automatic.

David

[AustinBoston]

The vast majority of pop-up furnaces do not have pilot lights.  Here is how ours works - yours may vary, but will not likely have more steps than this.

1) Connect a full propane tank.  No propane tank? Propane tank empty?  No furnace.  Try to find someplace that will fill a propane tank at 11:00 PM on a Sunday night on a holiday weekend...BTDT

2) Turn on the tank valve.  If the stove won't work, the furnace won't work.

3) Open furnace front cover and turn on switch (we can do this with a screwdriver without opening the cover, but not if I did not know where the switch was by opening the front cover).  Your furnace may not have this switch, so don't do this unless all else still fails.

4) Turn on the switch on the thermostat.  This is different from just turning up the thermostat; there is a separate on-off switch hidden on the underside of the thermostat.  Your thermostat may not have this switch.

5) Turn up the thermostat until it "clicks" internally.  I can't feel this click, but can usually hear it.

6) Wait.  It takes 10-15 seconds before anything appears to happen.  When it does, only the blower will come on.

7) Wait.  Once the blower is on, the furnace may delay briefly until it determines that the blower really is on.  This is an important safety feature that is intended to prevent a fire if the blower fails.  The whole time, the blower will be blowing cold air.

Hear the pilotless ignition start clicking, accompanied by a soft "whump" and a low rumble.  The burner is running.  A few moments later...heat!

The whole process from thermostat calling for heat to actually getting heat may take as long as 30 seconds.

If I've left out steps that other furnaces require, please fill them in!

Austin

[tlhdoc]

Auston's directions are right on.

[fiveaday1975]

The vast majority of pop-up furnaces do not have pilot lights.  Here is how ours works - yours may vary, but will not likely have more steps than this.

1) Connect a full propane tank.  No propane tank? Propane tank empty?  No furnace.  Try to find someplace that will fill a propane tank at 11:00 PM on a Sunday night on a holiday weekend...BTDT

2) Turn on the tank valve.  If the stove won't work, the furnace won't work.

3) Open furnace front cover and turn on switch (we can do this with a screwdriver without opening the cover, but not if I did not know where the switch was by opening the front cover).  Your furnace may not have this switch, so don't do this unless all else still fails.

4) Turn on the switch on the thermostat.  This is different from just turning up the thermostat; there is a separate on-off switch hidden on the underside of the thermostat.  Your thermostat may not have this switch.

5) Turn up the thermostat until it "clicks" internally.  I can't feel this click, but can usually hear it.

6) Wait.  It takes 10-15 seconds before anything appears to happen.  When it does, only the blower will come on.

7) Wait.  Once the blower is on, the furnace may delay briefly until it determines that the blower really is on.  This is an important safety feature that is intended to prevent a fire if the blower fails.  The whole time, the blower will be blowing cold air.

Hear the pilotless ignition start clicking, accompanied by a soft "whump" and a low rumble.  The burner is running.  A few moments later...heat!

The whole process from thermostat calling for heat to actually getting heat may take as long as 30 seconds.

If I've left out steps that other furnaces require, please fill them in!

Austin

Austin- Thanks for the help - fiveaday19975

[JimQPublic]

One more thing- if it's never been run much or it's been a long time it will STINK!  If the furnace is new the stink will be the coatings and oils or whatever outgassing.  Otherwise it is the dust burning off.  Set the thermostat on high and let it run for an hour with the windows open.  That way when you first need the furnace it won't make your eyes tear up.

[PLJ]

The vast majority of pop-up furnaces do not have pilot lights.  Here is how ours works - yours may vary, but will not likely have more steps than this.

1) Connect a full propane tank.  No propane tank? Propane tank empty?  No furnace.  Try to find someplace that will fill a propane tank at 11:00 PM on a Sunday night on a holiday weekend...BTDT

2) Turn on the tank valve.  If the stove won't work, the furnace won't work.

3) Open furnace front cover and turn on switch (we can do this with a screwdriver without opening the cover, but not if I did not know where the switch was by opening the front cover).  Your furnace may not have this switch, so don't do this unless all else still fails.

4) Turn on the switch on the thermostat.  This is different from just turning up the thermostat; there is a separate on-off switch hidden on the underside of the thermostat.  Your thermostat may not have this switch.

5) Turn up the thermostat until it "clicks" internally.  I can't feel this click, but can usually hear it.

6) Wait.  It takes 10-15 seconds before anything appears to happen.  When it does, only the blower will come on.

7) Wait.  Once the blower is on, the furnace may delay briefly until it determines that the blower really is on.  This is an important safety feature that is intended to prevent a fire if the blower fails.  The whole time, the blower will be blowing cold air.

Hear the pilotless ignition start clicking, accompanied by a soft "whump" and a low rumble.  The burner is running.  A few moments later...heat!

The whole process from thermostat calling for heat to actually getting heat may take as long as 30 seconds.

If I've left out steps that other furnaces require, please fill them in!

Austin

You'll need to make sure you are conected to an adequate power supply for the blower. No power, no furnace.