Suburban Furnace

[wrightjohn 2646]

John,
As for trying to make the Solaire Furnace work, parts are very hard to find, if not impossible. When I checked on Ebay I got 2 results for insect screens.
I had a number of sol-aire parts 2 years ago and I could not give them away. I had one board, several wire sets for the igniter and 3 new ignitors. They laid on my sales table marked free and no one every touched them. My HPO is that you need to consider upgrading to a suburban furnace and there are several that will fit without mods and some models with slight modification. Unless you can assure yourself that the firebox does not have a leaks and you can find parts it is a study in frustration.

Suburban furnace installations:

http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/suburban-furnace-replace/p42705-new-suburban-furnace.html

Be sure and have full 12 VDC+ at the furnace, if not you can have problems of the furnace trying to start and run.

JR Wright
78 Buskirk Stretch
75 Avion
Michigan

>
> Stock --beige like material
> --
> John Lebetski
> Woodstock, IL
> 77 Eleganza II
> Source America First

 

[sgltrac]

I hucked my solaire furnace and found a much later model suburban 30k btu
on Craigslist for $250. The amount of work involved in accessing the
solaire (if it's buried in the kitchen cabinet like mine was) is not worth
the trouble of trial and error repair attempts. I did have to modify the
exterior for the suburban but now if there is an issue the whole thing can
be slid out the side of the coach w/o dismantling of the kitchen cabinet.
And I don't stress about gassing myself while I sleep which is priceless.

Sully
77 eleganza 2
Seattle

> John,
> As for trying to make the Solaire Furnace work, parts are very hard to
> find, if not impossible. When I checked on Ebay I got 2 results for insect
> screens.
> I had a number of sol-aire parts 2 years ago and I could not give them
> away. I had one board, several wire sets for the igniter and 3 new
> ignitors. They laid on my sales table marked free and no one every touched
> them. My HPO is that you need to consider upgrading to a suburban furnace
> and there are several that will fit without mods and some models with
> slight modification. Unless you can assure yourself that the firebox does
> not have a leaks and you can find parts it is a study in frustration.
>
> Suburban furnace installations:
>
> http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/suburban-furnace-
> replace/p42705-new-suburban-furnace.html
>
> Be sure and have full 12 VDC+ at the furnace, if not you can have problems
> of the furnace trying to start and run.
>
> JR Wright
> 78 Buskirk Stretch
> 75 Avion
> Michigan
>
> > On Oct 18, 2016, at 3:38 PM, John R. Lebetski >
> > Stock --beige like material
> > --
> > John Lebetski
> > Woodstock, IL
> > 77 Eleganza II
> > Source America First
>
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