Hi all, today I was working through the appliances in our
Bigfoot 17 (1984). I was pretending we were in the boondocks and only had the
battery hooked up.
I am bummed out that the
furnace , hydro flame hf80 with piezo manual lighter did not work despite following the manual explicitly for procedure. Simply put, theblower fan is much slower on 12v DC and just runs and runs without throwing heat. The pilot stays lit no prob.
I.knew the
furnace worked on 120/AC so I tried that and indeed it works great!! Blower fan runs much faster.
The manual shows only 12v DC power input. I am stumped why converted 120ac to DC power via the inverter runs the
furnace just fine but direct off the
battery no go.
BTW the
battery is brand new fully charged AGM group 31, lots of juice ....any suggestions would be very appreciated to start solving this problem. A working furnace in the bush is a must !!
Thanks John