JohnDoe
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I am going south 19th of Nov and the Temperature will be in the low 50s going down to mid 30s that night,have found a camp ground open, there is a rest area about 30 miles before I get there I am thinking of turning on my Furnace there so not so cold when I get into the Trailer and want take so long to get ever thing warm, any one did that before??
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KC0BID
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Never ran furnace in TT while traveling but I do run refer and never had any issues. Just remember you chance plowing out pilot light via wind.
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trop-a-cal
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Propane heater and refrigerator both have electric [12 volt(two six volts connected)batteries] controlled igniters. They open the gas valves and then start the propane with electric spark. If they are not sensing the heat from the propane they shut off the gas valve. The heater runs an electric fan first before it starts the propane heat. Your house batteries have to be well charged to start either one as unless enough amps are present they won't start the propane as the valve won't open and the spark won't ignite. So yes you can run the heater and the refridgerator if batteries are up and it doesn't blow out. If it blows out system will attempt to restart but only a few times and then your red light will come on indicating something is wrong like low battery or no propane. You just shut it off and it resets and should start if battery is recharged.
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boogeyman
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I can't figure out why you'd want the furnace going while traveling down the road. Our furnace has our 30' TT warm as toast in a matter of minutes. I guess we could also just leave the coffee pot on and we'd have hot coffee as soon as we parked. I wouldn't have any of that stuff running but that's just my opinion. We don't even run our fridge while on the road unless it's really hot outside. You'd be surprised how long your fridge will stay cold. We don't do this to be cheap (economical) but why run all this stuff if you don't have to ??
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dalehelman
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You would sleep with it on in a 60 mph wind storm. If comfort is more important than cost, why not.
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KCCLROCK 8314SS
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If boogeyman would put his glasses on and read the post all the way through, he said that he wanted to turn it on 30 miles from the campground not run the furnace the whole trip, anyway sounds like a good idea to me johndoe good luck
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boogeyman
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I had my glasses on thank you
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skipnchar
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None of the trailers I've ever owned would take more than about 10 minutes to warm a freezing trailer. If you run the furnace while driving you'll be AMAZED at the amount of LP you go through with all that wind sucking out the heat. It just seems like a bad idea that has no justification to me. Good luck / Skip
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JJBIRISH
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I have done it before, but only because I forgot to turn it off... when I stopped to have lunch it was nice a toasty in there... if it stays lit ok, if not it will shut itself down...
I do agree it wouldn't take very long for it to warm up though...
I have traveled with my WH on also, on my old trailer... sometimes it worked, sometimes not... the only time my fridge is off is to defrost...
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javaseuf
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A few mis-leading posts here.
First of all, yes you can do this.
Second, if your TT is newer than say a 1985 model, your furnace has no pilot light to blow out. And actually, refers never had pilot lights, just a main burner. While the refer burner may blow out, it is unlikely that the furnace burner would since it is in a sealed combustion chamber with forced air induction, via the blower motor, into that chamber via the outside vent.
Third, when towing, a low battery in the TT will not affect the operation since your tow vehicle will be providing plenty of volts and amps to the 12-volt system of the trailer.
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