Most likely your furnace is making a clicking noise and not providing heat because your furnace s spark igniter is trying to ignite your pilot light or burners but is failing to do so.
Rv furnace igniter not clicking.
The problem is when the blower works and the heater doesn t ignite it is the board inside heater it will have to be pulled out and replaced it is inside your heater unit chances are if you were at a camp site and you didn t have a device to control spikes it zapped your igniter board.
Sure enough the clicking would stop.
But there will be times when the furnace will blow a freshly replaced fuse as well.
This happens when the spark igniter try s to ignite the pilot light but fails.
This is typically the problem if you can hear your furnace click on but it does not fire up.
First of all not knowing what you are doing with a gas fired appliance can be dangerous no matter how easy it looks on youtube.
So let s review the do s and don ts.
Forest river rv model.
This has to be fixed and its a good idea to take technical help here.
Rv furnace igniter not working.
August 20th 2017.
The pilot light or ignition sensor is usually the most common issue when your furnace will not ignite.
The exhaust is an air outlet on the exterior of the rv that exhausts the gases produced during the combustion process the gases are a combination of carbon dioxide and carbon.
When winter arrives most service calls i get are for furnace repair.
Otherwise your furnace won t start.
In other words there s an ignition system malfunction that needs to be fixed.
The furnace may make a click sound but it wont start.
The dsi is an acronym direct spart ignition it s an electronic igniter that uses a spark ignites the gas air mix.
Rv furnace clicks but won t start.
The blower and propane solenoids are working fine and i m getting a 63 65 volt reading on the igniter wire using a digital voltmeter with the igniter wire connected at both ends.
If that happens something else might.
The ducts carry the heated air from the furnace to the interior of the rv.
I have a 2001 teton with an atwood model 8531 iv dclp that won t ignite.
A faulty or dirty ignition or sensor is a relatively easy fix so follow these steps and you may be able to solve the problem yourself.
Knowledge of multi meter use is essential.
Atwood furnace won t ignite.
Sometimes an rv furnace will blow a fuse while working.
Rv furnace operates with a 10 5 v supply and at times if the battery is not able provide above 10 5v then the furnace wont ignite.
If the furnace is in warranty then you will get it.
A good way to test this out is to run the blower blower is apt to operate fine under 10 5 v if the blower runs then that means the battery supply may be under 10 5 v and thus its not able to open the furnace valve.
