was1721
03-31-2011, 03:11 PM
Hi everyone -
Well, we jumped in head first on this whole camping thing and bought the Passport and we're dying to start camping!
Tomorrow we're headed down to the Solomoms Navy Rec Center to camp with some friends for the weekend. We thought it'd be a great place to do a good shakedown on this rig since it's only 30 minutes from home.
It still is a little chilly in the DC area and overnight temps this weekend are expected in the low 40's, so the heat will definitely be cranking. Now, we have a wall-mounted thermostat with the following choices: Furnace, Cool and Fan (See Pic).
Here's my issue:
I had the trailer hooked up to my home 15AMP system earlier (charging battery, running TV, a few lights etc.) and I had the LP valves open. I turned on the heat by selecting FURNACE on the thermostat and the heat started almost immediately - very warm and comfortable. The issue is that the A/C also came on. So I had A/C coming out of the top vents throughout the ceiling and the main ceiling vent that sits directly under the roof-mounted A/C.
That didn't seem normal to me.
It got a little stranger still.
I turned everything off, unplugged the shore power (still had LP valves open) and then turned the FURNACE back on.
Again, I got a tremendous amount of warm air and the rig heated up to 70 degrees in no time (it's about 41 outside now).
So what am I missing? Obviously, I can't unplug the shore power just to run my furnace without running the A/C at the same time.
I'm hoping it's just me and I've made an error somehow or am not understanding the system like I should instead of there being something wrong with my system.
Hoping someone can clue me in.
Thanks.
Well, we jumped in head first on this whole camping thing and bought the Passport and we're dying to start camping!
Tomorrow we're headed down to the Solomoms Navy Rec Center to camp with some friends for the weekend. We thought it'd be a great place to do a good shakedown on this rig since it's only 30 minutes from home.
It still is a little chilly in the DC area and overnight temps this weekend are expected in the low 40's, so the heat will definitely be cranking. Now, we have a wall-mounted thermostat with the following choices: Furnace, Cool and Fan (See Pic).
Here's my issue:
I had the trailer hooked up to my home 15AMP system earlier (charging battery, running TV, a few lights etc.) and I had the LP valves open. I turned on the heat by selecting FURNACE on the thermostat and the heat started almost immediately - very warm and comfortable. The issue is that the A/C also came on. So I had A/C coming out of the top vents throughout the ceiling and the main ceiling vent that sits directly under the roof-mounted A/C.
That didn't seem normal to me.
It got a little stranger still.
I turned everything off, unplugged the shore power (still had LP valves open) and then turned the FURNACE back on.
Again, I got a tremendous amount of warm air and the rig heated up to 70 degrees in no time (it's about 41 outside now).
So what am I missing? Obviously, I can't unplug the shore power just to run my furnace without running the A/C at the same time.
I'm hoping it's just me and I've made an error somehow or am not understanding the system like I should instead of there being something wrong with my system.
Hoping someone can clue me in.
Thanks.