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01-20-2025, 07:38 PM
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Running furnace with slides in
I have a 2023 Newmar Dutchstar. Can I run the heater with the slides in?
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01-20-2025, 07:48 PM
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Location: Bushnell, Fl.
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If your slides will cover the floor vents this may cause low air flow and causing the High Temp Limit Switch to shut down the furnace.
Tim
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01-20-2025, 08:04 PM
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My 99 DSDP the furnace ducts are positioned to clear the slides ( with the slides in ) and I have no issues running the furnace .
Look at all the floor registers ; slides out ; and if none are covered ; slides in ; your good .
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01-20-2025, 10:30 PM
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Ford Super Duty Owner
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A newer DS would likely have the Oasis heating system so that would eliminate the heat registers in the floor as all mine are in the vertical surfaces. Good question though for Customer Service.
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01-21-2025, 05:23 AM
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Newmar Owners Club Freightliner Owners Club
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I have a '22 and the answer is yes. You have a register under the dash center console, another by the kitchen sink (or refrigerator, depending on your layout) and the last one in the rear bathroom. If you have a 1/2 bath there's a small one there as well. All are on a wall (not on the floor) so slides in or out the registers remain unobstructed.
If you're trying to keep your coach warm during a cold snap, which I presume is the reason for your question, note that running your OASIS on the electric heat (not furnace) will keep the coach above freezing due the basement heat coming ON any time the temp drops below 40F. I've had mine ON the last 3 days w/overnights in the low teens and daytime in the 20s. I went to check on things yesterday and the coach was @ 52F with the basement considerably warmer (coach heat OFF). I use the furnace to quickly get the fluid up to temperature and once the furnace shuts down, I turn it off and leave the OASIS with one electric element ON; the second isn't needed. The coach is winterized and hooked up to shore power in non-insulated covered storage so it's just as cold in storage as it is outside.
You will get the same results using the furnace mode, but I prefer electric when I'm not w/the coach since the thought of an unmonitored flame scares me a little. OK, a lot.
Good luck
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01-21-2025, 10:02 AM
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Damon Owners Club Freightliner Owners Club
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Quote:
Originally Posted by OMMM4747
You will get the same results using the furnace mode, but I prefer electric when I'm not w/the coach since the thought of an unmonitored flame scares me a little. OK, a lot.
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I would feel the same way about leaving my coach for long periods of time with a gas appliance running. Open flames seem scarier than wires and heating elements but consider this-
All electric households are 2.6 times more likely to catch fire than households with gas appliances. You are 3.4 times more likely to die in a fire in an all electric house than one with gas appliances.
Those stats are from Googles AI. Sorry about hijacking the thread but I found this info to be very interesting and relevant to RVers.
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01-21-2025, 06:59 PM
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Fleetwood Owners Club American Coach Owners Club
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Yes on my coach. The vents are on the bottom of the side walls.
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