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quote:Originally posted by Roman4
We did it one time. On one of our first trips I fired up the furnace about 30 minutes prior to our arrival at an overnite stop to "pre-warm" the trailer. It seemed not to cause any problems. After thinking about it, though, I noticed that about half of the floor registers are covered by carpet when the slides are retracted. That might not cause a major problem, but it is enough of a concern that I will be unlikely to do it again. Also, experience has taught me that the furnace is so effective that it will warm the trailer pretty quickly anyway.
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That's a good point, Harmon. All registers in our model are clear even when slides are retracted. I never thought about other models not being the same way.
In our situation, we don't run the furnace so it's comfortable for us when we stop. We run it when in freezing weather in order to keep heat in the belly and keep the tanks and water lines from freezing. Otherwise I'd just fire up the furnace soon as we get to the park.
See you folks in a couple of weeks.
I forgot to say in my other post we do not run with water heater running. It only takes 20 minutes to heat the water. Plus, with the burner being so close to the airflow I'm not sure it would stay lit on the road. Haven't tried it so don't really know.