Dennyha
Well-known member
Tonight, I had what could have been a major issue. It's supposed to get down to 21 degrees tomorrow night in Ohio, so I don't need any furnace issues.
When I came home from work, I noticed the camper was on the cold side, so I turned the thermostat up to 69. Ran to Home Depot to buy foam sheets to build a skirt. When I got home, I noticed the furnace was not running. I turned the thermostat up to 75, and the furnace still did not kick on. I turned the thermostat off for a few seconds, and then back on. The furnace fan started, ran for a while, and then turned off. I cycled the thermostat off and on again, the fan kicked on. This time, I timed it, and the fan ran exactly 4 minutes prior to turning off. Did this several times, and every time, it shut off after exactly 4 minutes. I then noticed that the air that was blowing out of the ducts was cold. I immediately thought "propane". I went to my stove, and all three burners lit promptly.
Next, I thought about what recently changed. Late last week, my right side propane tank emptied. I flipped the cut over switch to pull from the left tank, turned off the right tank, removed it and had it refilled. I returned it to its storage position, slowly opened the valve, but left the cutover switch pointing to the left tank.
I turned both tanks off, and then slowly opened both. Again, I lit the stove top burners, but the furnace did not lite. Then, I flipped the cutover switch to pull from the right side propane tank. Then the furnace lit. So, the good news is that my furnace is working now. The bad news is that I don't understand why it didn't lite when the cutover switch on the regulator was pointing to the left tank. According to my Tank Check, my left tank is at 66%, and my right tank is at 73%. I was able to light my stove burners with the cut over switch pointing either way, but only able to light the furnace with the switch pointing to the right. I don't get it. Any thoughts?
When I came home from work, I noticed the camper was on the cold side, so I turned the thermostat up to 69. Ran to Home Depot to buy foam sheets to build a skirt. When I got home, I noticed the furnace was not running. I turned the thermostat up to 75, and the furnace still did not kick on. I turned the thermostat off for a few seconds, and then back on. The furnace fan started, ran for a while, and then turned off. I cycled the thermostat off and on again, the fan kicked on. This time, I timed it, and the fan ran exactly 4 minutes prior to turning off. Did this several times, and every time, it shut off after exactly 4 minutes. I then noticed that the air that was blowing out of the ducts was cold. I immediately thought "propane". I went to my stove, and all three burners lit promptly.
Next, I thought about what recently changed. Late last week, my right side propane tank emptied. I flipped the cut over switch to pull from the left tank, turned off the right tank, removed it and had it refilled. I returned it to its storage position, slowly opened the valve, but left the cutover switch pointing to the left tank.
I turned both tanks off, and then slowly opened both. Again, I lit the stove top burners, but the furnace did not lite. Then, I flipped the cutover switch to pull from the right side propane tank. Then the furnace lit. So, the good news is that my furnace is working now. The bad news is that I don't understand why it didn't lite when the cutover switch on the regulator was pointing to the left tank. According to my Tank Check, my left tank is at 66%, and my right tank is at 73%. I was able to light my stove burners with the cut over switch pointing either way, but only able to light the furnace with the switch pointing to the right. I don't get it. Any thoughts?