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Forum: Escape News 09-09-2015, 10:50 AM
Replies: 247
Views: 53,284
Posted By steve dunham
Thermostats in residential occupancies are placed...

Thermostats in residential occupancies are placed on an interior wall .
They sense the temperature of the return air to the furnace not the discharge air temp
The thermostats anticipator is set to...
Forum: Escape News 02-14-2015, 03:07 PM
Replies: 247
Views: 53,284
Posted By steve dunham
Many US states have effective energy code on...

Many US states have effective energy code on paper but purposely have no means of enforcement ,so the law / codes are meaningless . I believe raising the efficiency of a trailer furnace from 75% to...
Forum: Escape News 02-14-2015, 01:41 PM
Replies: 247
Views: 53,284
Posted By steve dunham
Canadian Code

Canada' s residential energy code is far more advanced than the code in the US . (IMHO) Minnesota has an energy code named " Category One" which is similar to Canada's " R 2000" but most homes I...
Forum: Escape News 02-14-2015, 12:34 PM
Replies: 247
Views: 53,284
Posted By steve dunham
Efficiency

Standard residential furnaces have 80 to 82 % AFE ( Non Condensing) so 75 % is not that terrible. The furnace in your trailer takes in 100% outside air for combustion . The combustion air for a...
Forum: Escape News 02-13-2015, 03:12 PM
Replies: 247
Views: 53,284
Posted By steve dunham
Exclamation Jim ,heat loss calculations assume that the...

Jim ,heat loss calculations assume that the structure is at the interior design temp and all the heat source is designed to do is supply enough BTUs to maintain the existing temp. When we left home...
Forum: Escape News 02-13-2015, 02:14 PM
Replies: 247
Views: 53,284
Posted By steve dunham
Btu output

I ran a heat loss calculation on a 21 ft Escape the other day. I assumed R values for the walls floor & windows based on the trailer having all of the insulation upgrades . Since we live in a cold...
Forum: Escape News 02-12-2015, 09:43 AM
Replies: 247
Views: 53,284
Posted By steve dunham
Galley side

Our Casita has the furnace on the galley side and under the awning . My wife uses the warm exhaust air from the furnace as a hand warmer when the outside temps are chilly . Maybe not the intended...
Forum: Escape News 02-11-2015, 10:17 PM
Replies: 247
Views: 53,284
Posted By steve dunham
Jim ; I wonder if the furnace specs require that...

Jim ; I wonder if the furnace specs require that the furnace be mounted a certain distance AFF so that the heat does not warp/ damage the vinyl flooring .
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