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[dvhinds37]

Hello all,
I am a first time RV owner. We purchased a 1984 24' Ford Tioga Arrow on the E350 Chasse. We were recently evicted from our apartment and was able to purchase this from a friend. It needs some work, mainly in the living area. I got it to start yesterday and started charging the internal battery ( as compared to the Automotive battery for the engine). Charged it for about 10-15 minutes and then turned off the motor. Everything was great, lights worked, I was thrilled. Then I heard this fan motor running, coming from under the bed area, and heard outside near an access point with no door levers, labeled Hot. It about drained the internal power and I had to disconnect the battery before it was completely dead. I am trying to find out what this item is and why it was running. I cannot seem to find a user's or operator's manual for my vehicle and so am unsure if the item I heard was an expected necessary thing to run and how to turn it off if it is not. If anyone happens to have or know where I can find a operator's manual, that would be great, I need to be able to have it movable and power is, of course, the issue here. If someone happens to know what this item is, that would be helpful too.
Hello from the Pacific Northwest, hoping everyone has a safe and happy holiday season, with as much adventure as you can manage
Thanks,
Darold

[1st-tt2018]

What you were hearing was your furnace most likely. The fan runs on 12v. The hot water heater also runs on propane and 12v...

[MSHappyCampers]

Hi Darold! Welcome to IRV2! We're sure glad you joined the gang!

Yup, that will probably be your furnace fan you hear. It should not be on when the furnace is not being used, but will run for a few minutes after shutting the furnace off after use.

Good luck, happy trails, and God bless!

[momdoc]

Welcome to the forum. Congrats on the new rig and yes probably the furnace fan.

You are joining a good group of folks here with good info to share. Read the various threads here, especially the Vintage RV one for ideas and a place to ask questions.

Good luck and enjoy the adventure!

[van-gogh]

Welcome to the IRV2.COM

Hello, I am a member myself and wanted to take some time to welcome you and your family to this IRV2 Forum. As you may feel somewhat overwhelmed by all there is to see, read and learn here from others.

So, if you will let’s sit and have a cup <[_]””[_]>’’’’’’ Here is the place to share what’s on your mind as it relates to RV’ing. Everything is here, just for folks and Families. I have some TIPS which I hope will make your visits here more enjoyable. Kind of your FORUM Driving Instructor lol.

Some TIPS:

On top are two menus and the one on top is the forum and the one below that is more helpful and personal for you to tell your story by clicking on USER CP.

So now I would like to show you your SIGN IN Screen. On top RIGHT, is where you click to login and you will find your name, but also are the messages sent to you by the IRV2 Administrators who keep everything running like a well-made Grandfather’s Clock. Now move your eyes to the TOP LEFT and you will see the HOME key, click and you will find a very easy forum menu for your review. But going all the way down to the bottom at the STATS MENU for the over-all Forum DATA. Now panning over from HOME to FORUMS, click and a small MENU will open showing you Community, RV Lifestyle, Reginal and RV Camping Forums. But there is more. The next two are RV FORUMS, OWNER FORUMS, PHOTOS, CLASSIFIEDS, CAMPGROUNDS, and MORE. One last point if I may, when you POST a NEW THREAD go down under the TEXT INPUT and add some TABS, anywhere between 1 or 5-TABS, EXAMPLE: dog, dogs, pets, Campfiredogs, and make sure to add a comma between each TAB. TABS act as FORUM addresses to get your post to others who are interested in reading about? “your dog stories” lol

But before you explore each of them something you should know about is THE MEMBERS MENU. Under the MENU I just told you about is your menu and lots to see and do here as well.

First, click on USER CP and once this opens a menu on the left from top to bottom will appear. Just take them one at a time adding your information as to what you would like the IRV2 forum folks to know about you? Next is about your REGISTER, FILES over to writing your own BLOG moreover to LOGGING OUT.

There is a lot to a Motorhome we call our Recreational Vehicle, RV. One last point as from time to time at the end of a word you will see down arrow ^, yes, I know it’s up, sorry did not have a down arrow on my keyboard. Clicking on them you will find sub-menus and more information to guide you on each of your IRV2 Travels.

Make sure to read and review the rules.

Any questions just post and ask the group as a whole or having IRV2 Forum Friends in your Personal File can also be helpful in asking bouncing questions off. Now we're coming to the end of this very quick intro

So, explore and when ready SHARE your knowledge skills and abilities with IRV2 forum.

Looks like my CUP is almost empty…[_]>’’ “”” ‘’

Safe Travels and Happy Trails, as you explore by RV the Freedom that is the American Road Trip.

Welcome.
DogMan