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Old 01-18-2013, 07:19 PM   #1
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Looking for furnace air filter on 33.2 palazzo. Any help out there?
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Old 01-18-2013, 07:22 PM   #2
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Looking for furnace air filter on 33.2 palazzo. Any help out there?
I have been told that our furnaces have no filters so I stopped looking.
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Old 01-18-2013, 07:31 PM   #3
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Well my son in law is in heat & air-he says it will have one. Lol. I'm with you. We are getting some light black soot (dust maybe) on everything??
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Well my son in law is in heat & air-he says it will have one. Lol. I'm with you. We are getting some light black soot (dust maybe) on everything??
I cannot see any place for a filter and also was told there is none. But I did see a lot of sawdust in the heater compartment that needs to be cleaned out.

Fortunately no black soot or anything else coming out the heater vents and we have used it a lot.
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Well my son in law is in heat & air-he says it will have one. Lol. I'm with you. We are getting some light black soot (dust maybe) on everything??
Have you been driving recently? I heard of someone else having an issue with the seal around either the engine compartment or the bedroom slide out leaking allowing soot from the diesel exhaust to get in.

As far as I know, based on experience with several MH's with these same types of heaters, they have no filter.

The only filter the AC units have is a piece of foam under the grille on the ceiling.
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Old 01-19-2013, 08:12 PM   #6
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I've never been able to find a filter on any furnace in the RV's I have owned.

Air conditioner, Yes but furnace...No

However that's not to say all of them are the same. Let us know if you find one.
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There was mention on post# 169 and 174 in this thread
about the ash/soot problem.
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In answer to the sawdust in furnace runs. I hooked a duct cleaning truck to mine and pulled all the sawdust out. Lots in mine along with a 3" plug that they cut out for something.
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In answer to the sawdust in furnace runs. I hooked a duct cleaning truck to mine and pulled all the sawdust out. Lots in mine along with a 3" plug that they cut out for something.
Very interesting!
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Mine had lots of sawdust in it as well. Don't think I have got it all out yet.
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I know it's been awhile since any post on the furnace air filter. Was checking the compartment where the water pump is and found the cold air return for the furnace. It's about a 3" hole in the roof of that compartment. Look into the hole and you see the squirrel cage for the fan. For sure no filter here. Be real simple to add one
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I know it's been awhile since any post on the furnace air filter. Was checking the compartment where the water pump is and found the cold air return for the furnace. It's about a 3" hole in the roof of that compartment. Look into the hole and you see the squirrel cage for the fan. For sure no filter here. Be real simple to add one
Could you post a picture and identify your model? In my 33.1 the furnace is a metal box behind the removable slats in the bedroom below the light switches and thermostat. I can't relate what I see to your description. One of the openings in that box is the inlet but have not figured an easy and safe way to put a filter on it. Maybe take a house filter and mount on back side of that removable slat assembly.
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Personally I would check with the furnace manufacture first to see what they have to say about installing a filter. All filters have a restrictive quality to air flow about them some more than others. If a filter would restrict air flow to the furnace then you would start experiencing a over heating situation causing limit switches to trip and shorten the life of the equipment.
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My mistake -- after looking closer. The squirrel cage I saw is actually the bottom of the bathroom register cover from the furnace . The 3 " hole is a heating hole for the basement that goes into the water compartment. Sorry--I'm still looking for the intake. Ha
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