All but the smallest RVs will have an RV Furnace. Also known as a RV propane heater.
If you spend any time at all in your RV you’ll definitely be turning on the heat. Even for the people that migrate to the deep South of the US every year will want to use their furnace. Why? Because even in Brownsville you’ll see some cooler temperatures. While those temperatures are far cry from Minnesota’s 20-30 below zero, you still might turn on the furnace so you can get to a comfortable temperature.
RV Furnace Additional Information Articles:
Now that we’ve established that you probably will really want to use your RV Furnace, you’ll want to know how to maintain the darned thing. I think think of topics like :
- Protecting the RV Furnace from Mud Daubers.
- Checking out the furnace the first time you run it in the fall/winter
- Preparing the furnace for a long period of disuse
- Getting the most from your furnace
- Understanding the basic operation of the furnace
I’ve also written an article or two that might help you with your furnace and understanding your furnace :
- Your RV Furnace Exhaust Vent
- RV Carbon Monoxide detector article – very important in RVs!
I’ve ( Marlan at RV52 ) curated a large collection of videos for you that should help you learn all different topics related to your furnace and placed them below. Sometimes I accidentally get a video or two or three that won’t make sense in the mix, but mostly you should have a nice How to collection on your furnace. If you have any questions/concerns whatsoever, please contact Marlan at RV52 and I’ll get right back to you!
RV Furnace Helpful Documentation and Users Manual:
- Suburban RV Furnace Service Manual for Most Suburban Furnaces
- Atwood RV Furnace 8900-III-LD Installation Manual
- Atwood RV Furnace 7900-II 8012-II 8500-IV 8900-III User Manual
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Marlan "Living Frugal and Tiny" RV Guy says
Currently, RV52.com is an information site. I try to arrange RV articles & videos on 100’s of topics in a quick, easy, and clean format to make life easier for RVers.
Peg Campbell says
We recently replaced the burner on our atwood furnace in the rear of the motorhome. The burner had a hole burnt through it. The furnace is now operating but we are still smelling a sooty smell and although it is not blowing soot all over outside, as it was prior to the replacement of the burner, it still is producing a small amount of soot, what else could be causing this?
b. wyville says
I have a 2014 Jayco Tour Edition 5th wheel. the furnace ,which is a Atwood hydro flame Model 8516.with no excess door on the outside of the trailer. is not working. could you tell me how or possibly send a video on how to remove the furnace and what to troubleshoot.
Marlan at Rv52 says
What did Jayco say?
Otherwise you can try http://rv52.wpengine.com/rvhelp -> click on mechanic and you can reach RV repair experts there.