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Old 02-27-2007, 10:31 PM   #1
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First of all, thanks to those of you who answered my question about my satellite connections. Here's my next question: I have two A/C's on the 2006 Forest River. They both work fine in the A/C mode. The one in the bedroom has a "furnace" position on the remote control and a "emergency heat" button on the unit. When I switch it to "furnace", nothing happens. A friend told me that it might have a heat strip built in but it might not. How can you tell if it does? Also, there is a duotherm thermostat mounted on the wall. It does not seem to do anything at all. What's it for? There is another one in the living room that controls the forward mounted A/C unit. Thanks in advance for your help. By the way, I have been gone from irv2 for a while since I had sold my 5'ver. It's good to be back amongst you all. Stay safe.
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First of all, thanks to those of you who answered my question about my satellite connections. Here's my next question: I have two A/C's on the 2006 Forest River. They both work fine in the A/C mode. The one in the bedroom has a "furnace" position on the remote control and a "emergency heat" button on the unit. When I switch it to "furnace", nothing happens. A friend told me that it might have a heat strip built in but it might not. How can you tell if it does? Also, there is a duotherm thermostat mounted on the wall. It does not seem to do anything at all. What's it for? There is another one in the living room that controls the forward mounted A/C unit. Thanks in advance for your help. By the way, I have been gone from irv2 for a while since I had sold my 5'ver. It's good to be back amongst you all. Stay safe.
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Old 02-28-2007, 12:12 AM   #3
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Devil Dog, are the two themostats the same? You may have a thermostat that is capable f controling not only the air conditioner but also the furnace(s). If you have tow furnaces the both t'stat should operate one furnace each. If you only have one furnace they usually put it's control on the fron t'stat. To find out if you have a heat strip simply turn on the emergency heat and run the setting up high, it shoul bring on the fan and you should feel a slight temperature rise after a few minutes.
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Devil Dog,I have the same set up as you. The front works both your front a/c and the furnace. The thermostat in the bedroom works only the a/c in the bedroom.

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I second that. I also have the same set up and the bedroom thermostat is for AC only.
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Old 02-28-2007, 07:07 PM   #6
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Well, being an old jarhead, I still need some more explanation. The thermostat in the living room runs the heater and living room AC, no problem. The thermostat in the bedroom looks like the one in the living room but I can't see that it does anything. Nothing has happened with me playing around with it. The remote hanging on the wall? Now that's a different story. It turns the AC on in the bedroom. But, when I put the selector cursor on "FURN"....nothing happens. Nada, zip. So, I don't know if the roof unit in the bedroom has a heat strip or not. The coach furnace does not do that great of a job heating the bedroom but makes the rest of the coach toasty. Anyway, thanks for all your help.
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RV Wizard, I understand what you are saying. I think I tried the "emergency heat" button. Nothing happened. I will try it again this weekend. Thanks, bud.
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"Furnace" usually means a real furnace and not heat strips or Heat pump heating cycle. And I have no idea what "emergency heat" might be. Sounds like a call to Forest River Customer Service might be in order...

Is the a/c a Dometic? Carrier? Coleman? Duotherm (on the t-stat) is a Dometic brand name, but you say it doesn't do anything at all???
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My manual states that the bedroom furnace switch is a dummy switch. It is not hooked up to anything. Front thermostat is for both Ac and furnace and the bedroom thermostat is for Ac only.
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Thanks for all the excellent replies. Stevegeorgetown, I have a question for you. Why do you suppose the thermostat in the bedroom is a dummy?
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Remove the interior A/C shroud and look in the intake air box. If you have a "heat strip", which is usually shaped like a tall U, it should be visible, with a heavy cord running to the junction box.
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Devil dog. My manual shows 3 different thermostats. One is the kind that I have ( air and furnace ) and the second has a heat strip setting and the third has a heat pump setting. It doesnt show a thermostat with air only. I would only be guessing to say that maybe they dont make thermostats with air only settings and I think you can only have one thermostat for one furnace. You say you have a remote control for you air conditoner? I only have the two thermostats in my unit. No remotes or anything on the ceiling units. Is your unit a Georgetown?
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On my 2004 Allegro the rear thermostat is for the rear air conditioner only, no furnace. The front thermostat controls the front AC and the furnace.

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Yes Sir, it is a Georgetown. 2006 370XL. It has the thermostat in the living room that works and controls the front AC and furnace. The one identical to it is mounted in the bedroom and does not appear to do anything. The remote is mounted above the bedroom thermostat on the wall. It has buttons for heat, ac and fan. The AC in the bedroom works off of the remote. The "furn" setting does not seem to do anything.
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