propane fired forced air furnace placement

[juliamikeg]

we have a 84 eagle entertainer we are converting. PO removed 3 bunks and installed a new furnace there and made it a closet nice but dont work for us. I was wandering if it would be safe to put two bunks over the furnice ? I didn't know if you should put bed on top of them or not I have plenty of room to leave air space over the furnace. thanks mike

[luvrbus]

 Mike if it is ducted model it makes no difference as long as you don't cover the fresh air intake done all the time on travel trailers and motorhomes 


good luck

[skihor]

Make sure that there isn't a duct within 3' or 4' of the intake area, (you don't want the heated air to return, it's hard on the sail switch, motor, and limit switch), and as few 90* bends as possible. Try to have the ducts similar lengths as the shorter ones will put out more air than the longer runs will.

Don & Sheila

[TomC]

I built my kitchen counter top cabinets with a 6" toe kick so I could run my furnace ducting under the cabinets-but still above the floor.  The furnace is right next to the stove so the propane fuel lines are as short as possible.  The furnace is mounted above the toe kick, and I have a slot in the base of the cabinet for air return.  One vent near the front, one vent by the sofa, one vent at the kitchen and one vent in the bedroom.  The bathroom is heated with an electric wall heater.  Good Luck, TomC

[Dave5Cs]

You want to make it easily accessible also.

Our PO put the furnace under the refrigerator. So to work on it we have to remove the refrigerator and a 3x3 piece of plywood then take it out to replace the board which we will have to do this week.

Dave

[bevans6]

many coaches may have two propane furnaces, one at the front for the living area and one in the back for the bedroom.  I like that idea and I'm thinking of adding a furnace behind the drivers seat for the front area of the bus.  they are made to be installed with their back to a side wall so the intake and exhaust stick straight out, to be mounted inside a cabinet, with ducted hot air out and an open surround area for cold air intake (inside the bus) and with open and easy access to the back to service the ignitor and other parts.  In a cabinet, under a dinette seat, under a side table are common places.

Brian

[juliamikeg]

Thanks for all the  info. THE PO put the furnace in. They ran the ducting inside the original bus ducts on the left side of the bus and then cut out were they needed to bring a vent out seems to be working well. Athough if I would have done conversion from start I would have taken the bus heat ducting out it is right in the way in the bedroom for what we want to do. We are going to start fulltiming in the bus in june with all our kids I have a lot of work to do I appreciate all the info. Thanks again Mike