Furnace Replacement

We have determined the life of an RV furnace is 16 years.
Our furnace started "squealing"  if the outside temps were under 40 degrees.
  We decided to order a newer model furnace- but it turned out that no one had it is stock...so we decided that we would put up with the "squealing baby pig" for a bit longer.
Evidently the furnace decided to force our hand- It decided to add a burning smell to the squeal. We were now forced to get a new furnace- It lasted 16 years- so we ordered the same model.

Now the story takes a slight detour-Do NOT waste your money on 2-day shipping if you order on a Wednesday afternoon before the processing cut-off. It doesn't mean anything.Second- just because the box does not have any dings on it does not mean there isn't any damage-
. Luckily DH knows how to fix these things-so the installation continues-
The installation continues without too many hiccups. We now have a furnace without the squeal.

(PS- does anyone know how long the 'burn-off' smell will continue? It  continues to go longer before the smell-but I am so over it!)

Water Heater Replacement

I realized after my last post that I had never posted about replacing the hot water heater- so here is some info.

You can see how rusted the unit is here -
You can see the unit from inside the kitchen cabinet here



The pipes look pretty convoluted when there is nothing connected to it. (It reminds me of the childhood game called "Mouse-Trap". )

Here is what it looks like with a new unit in. There is certainly a difference in the first and last photos- don't you think?

Water Heater Switches ...

Last year we replaced the water heater.  The old one looked to be in pretty bad shape and it had an aftermarket electric unit added to it.  We decided to replace the water heater but took our time getting the actual switches mounted.

Here is a photo of the aftermarket switch that was added to turn on the previously installed electric unit ...


...here is the hole that was left when we removed the switch. (We will add a pullout in this area to compensate for this cut-out.)


We finally mounted the new switch-
and here it is showing that the unit did not light when we decided to test it with the propane off.

Yep- It is working!