From: theise@panix.com   
      
   On Thu, 28 Mar 2024 20:04:16 -0500,   
     George Anthony  wrote:   
   >  On 3/28/2024 3:09 PM, sticks wrote:   
   > > On 3/28/2024 8:29 AM, Ted Heise wrote:   
   > >> Very helpful, thanks.  Regarding the smell, I'm not convinced   
   > >> it was a burned wire (or component).  Something hot, but   
   > >> maybe not burned.  Given the past history with the dealer   
   > >> (many, many months to get a slide out repair), I'm not sure I   
   > >> want to take it to them.  It's still under warranty though,   
   > >> so it seems they would be the best option.   
   > >   
   > > First, thanks for the report.  I enjoyed it and am heading   
   > > that direction next week.   
      
   Let me know if you would like any more details of where we stayed   
   and what we did.  Happy to share.  E-mail in the headers is good.   
      
      
   > > As far as the smell is concerned, first question I would ask   
   > > is it the first time the furnace was used?  If yes, I would   
   > > say it is normal.  If it is the first time for the season, it   
   > > also could be considered normal as dust and other unwanted   
   > > things could have gotten in there and burned up. If it has   
   > > been used before and it is not an initial burn off of machine   
   > > oils and such, you have to pay attention to exactly what it   
   > > smells like.   
      
   Thanks for the input.  The smell was definitely not a "heating of   
   accumulated dust after extended unuse" but neither was it a strong   
   smell.  My nose is pretty senstitive, so I'm kind of inclined to   
   write it off as not significant.   
      
      
      
   > >   There are webpages that give various examples of the   
   > > different smells and their causes and the action necessary if   
   > > it fits the scenario.   
   > >   
   > > If you DO think it was a burned wire or electrical component,   
   > > you should certainly do a full inspection.  If you are   
   > > proficient in electrical diagnostics, I'm sure you could hook   
   > > up a meter to make sure things are working within limits.   
   > > The specs should be all in your documentation manuals. If not,   
   > > I'm sure the stealer could.  Good luck resolving this and   
   > > getting peace of mind!   
      
   I'm not that proficient.  I once let the smoke out of a bank of   
   resistors on a q-switch board for a pulsed laser (it was pretty   
   obvious which ones were affected when they all turned bright red!)   
   but that was mostly luck.  Working on this furnace is further   
   complicated by it being shoehorned into a very small space under   
   the refrigerator.  I'm not sure how one would actually work on it   
   without pulling it out somehow, and I'm not sure how that would be   
   done.  :-/   
      
      
   >  I think the scope of the work (unknown at this point) would   
   >  determine your plan of action. There are a lot of good mobile   
   >  RV technicians. You might find one to come out and do an   
   >  assessment/inspection for a relatively reasonable fee. He may   
   >  or may not be cheaper in the long run than hauling it off to   
   >  the dealer.   
   >   
   >  We are getting into the heart of the RV season so leaving it   
   >  gathering dust at the dealership until it gets to the front of   
   >  the line might not appeal to you.   
      
   Great points.  This dealer has been extremely slow to get work   
   done in the past, so that's a real disincentive to asking them to   
   work on it.   
      
   --   
   Ted Heise             West Lafayette, IN, USA   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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