Heater not heating

[BryanHaney]

Thermostat is working. Fan is blowing. Only blowing cool air. Was working fine last night but awoke to 57 degrees. Any ideas?

[Javi]

No propane

[BryanHaney]

Plenty of propane. 100 gallon tank. Hot water heater working fine.

[camper 2010]

It sounds like the high temp limit switch is stuck. This will not let gas to the burner but will let the fan blow to cool down the heat chamber. The high limit will be somewhere on the top of the heat exchanger. try tapping on it to see if that will get you going.

[BryanHaney]

Thanks for the input. Bad gauge on propane tank. Low tank did not have adequate pressure to start heater.

[Outbackmel]

Sometimes something we consider bad at the time turns out good. Glad you discovered the problem and resolution fast and CHEAP ! Those darned guages!

[hankaye]

Howdy All;

Ok, My turn.
Last night the heater decieded to not do it's job.
Propane tank was just filled. Stove, oven and hot water
heater all function as they should.
Woke up this morning and it was 56* in here. Yesterday it was 73*.
Cold front is moving in .
Cycled the on/off (I'm that old), switch. Fan runs blows cold air...
cut off after about 15-20 seconds. cycled the on/off switch again
and it fired up but only ran for about 7 or 8 minutes?????

Thoughts ... ideas .... suggestions ????

Thanks

hankaye

[SAABDOCTOR]

Hi Hank is the thermostat making good contact? and i would the look at the high/over temp limit switch. hope you can get it going stay warm. Barney

[MarkS]

I had that happen to me once. The connection to the over temp switch was loose. Try taking the inside grill off. Jiggle any connectors you can see. In my case the high temp switch was loose.

[hankaye]

Howdy All;

SAABDOCTOR & MarkS;
Thanks for the replies. I'm inclined to believe that it may have been
"Low Batteries". Danged thing was off due to electrical problem solving
issues today. I'm lucky that the site that I'm on has it's own seperate
Elect. Meter (seperate from the park's system). According to the meter
I used about $250.00 worth of elect. last Month. The El Paso Pwr.
meter only showed #93.00 worth used.
Today the meter that is owned by El Paso Power was read and the Manager
of the Park was going to replace my (park), meter with a fresh one.
Well when I pluged back in and threw the breaker ... pop, smoke curl.
male end of the plug was toast.
Manager of the Park went to town to get me another male end for me...
Did I mention that Today was the first time we've had thunderstorms in this
part of New Mexico since August??? Also the March winds were kickin' up...
35 - 50 mph ...
I'd hooked up my Pick-up to do a 'Jump charge for the batteries' during the
3 ring circus this became.
This evening, everything appears to be working fine ..... time will tell.

hankaye

[fla-gypsy]

A 2 for 1 thread that ended well.