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01-02-2018, 03:24 AM
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Junior Member
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: Four Winds 31W
State: Texas
Posts: 21
THOR #2889
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Heat element
Anyone install a heat strip in their Coleman 15,000 btu A/C unit?
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01-02-2018, 03:42 AM
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Site Team
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: ACE 27.1
State: Florida
Posts: 14,382
THOR #7035
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Nope, just use an electric heater and turn the AC fan on to circulate air.
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Ted & Melinda
2016 ACE 27.1
2016 Chevy Sonic Toad - Selling
2020 Chevy Colorado Z71 Trail Runner Toad
2024 Chevrolet Trax 2RS - Soon 2B TOAD
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01-02-2018, 07:33 PM
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Senior Member
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: SOB 2014 Meridian 36M
State: Washington
Posts: 981
THOR #7205
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I wouldn't have thought of using the a/c fan to help circulate the warm air. I do it with our home central HVAC all the time.
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Pat & Becky & now Katie
Wenatchee, WA
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01-03-2018, 02:19 AM
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Site Team
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: ACE 27.1
State: Florida
Posts: 14,382
THOR #7035
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We've done it that way for years in our travel trailers. We got caught without an electric heater in our MH this past weekend and had to use the propane furnace. I wanted to run the AC fan to circulate the air and provide some white noise but there is no way to do that with the Coleman thermostat; it is either on Heat, AC, Fan or Off. I'll have to look into a mod to make that function available.
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Ted & Melinda
2016 ACE 27.1
2016 Chevy Sonic Toad - Selling
2020 Chevy Colorado Z71 Trail Runner Toad
2024 Chevrolet Trax 2RS - Soon 2B TOAD
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01-03-2018, 05:09 PM
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Member
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: thor 22FE
State: Georgia
Posts: 80
THOR #3371
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i installed it. it is not a heater, but it will take the chill off. it was cheap to purchase, easy to install. i think it was a good investment..i keep the heat lower on furnace and then just turn the air on in the morning to take the chill off. then i turn it off.
patrick
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01-03-2018, 05:44 PM
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Senior Member
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: Gemini 24TX (Formerly)
State: California
Posts: 1,459
THOR #5821
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We use an electric heater which is fairly effective in the Gemini, but the AC's are heat pumps too, so they can provide heat down to about 35 or 36 degrees or so.
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01-03-2018, 06:25 PM
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Member
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: thor 22FE
State: Georgia
Posts: 80
THOR #3371
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sorry, i have the Coleman 13.5 not the 15,000
patrick
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01-03-2018, 09:11 PM
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Member
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: Challenger 37KT
State: Illinois
Posts: 40
THOR #7157
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Anybody installed the electric furnace add on kit to the LP furnace? With the Challenger having the furnace floor ducts run into the water compartments, electric space heaters won't push heat down there. I Was also thinking why doesn't the furnace fan operate in the fan only mode.
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01-04-2018, 03:21 AM
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Junior Member
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: Four Winds 31W
State: Texas
Posts: 21
THOR #2889
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Quote:
Originally Posted by pjciii
i installed it. it is not a heater, but it will take the chill off. it was cheap to purchase, easy to install. i think it was a good investment..i keep the heat lower on furnace and then just turn the air on in the morning to take the chill off. then i turn it off.
patrick
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Do you have two thermostats, One for the heater and one for the A/C heater?
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01-04-2018, 09:20 PM
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Member
Brand: Thor Motor Coach
Model: Challenger 37KT
State: Illinois
Posts: 40
THOR #7157
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MrFixIt
Do you have two thermostats, One for the heater and one for the A/C heater?
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One thermostat with: A/C, Fan, Off, Heat positions. Fan control operates the A/C unit in the fan mode. There is no blower control for the furnace.
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