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Posted by Steve on December 27, 2008, 8:19 am
> KJPRO wrote:
>>> New trailer/mobile/modular homes cannot even have a pilot furnace
>>> installed in them and those units are still rated at 80% efficiency.
>>> Apparently they all come with electric water heaters also.
>> Nordyne model... M1GB056AAW
>> (pilot model that is still in production... along with many others)
> Federal manufactures code does not allow pilot systems to be installed in
> those. I checked several distributorship's on line and could not find one
> Nordyne pilot system of the last few years manufacture that contained a
> pilot system. I also checked with fire codes for those systems and they
> are verboten. You may of course check with your local fire marshal for
> verification. I don't invent these codes and manufacturers federal
> requirements.. I merely try to live with them.
I have not seen a pilot system in any gas furnaces that were installed after
1995.
>> Not all manufactured homes have electric water heaters... most, but not
>> all.
> I understand the fuel gas systems are a special order. Actually the sales
> companies also try their best to peddle you a home with an electric
> furnace and an air to air heatpump. The Insurance folks like it that way.
> Apparently less chance of a trailer fire. No expert on trailers, but I do
> read my codes and the federal flyers that many companies promptly delegate
> to the circular file.
> I deleted the Home repair NG.
All of my customers that live in trailers have electric heat, which would be
fine if they wouldn't screw around with them. Roughly 30 percent of my
no-heat calls in trailers have had sequencer(s) blown apart and seriously
burnt wires. FWIW, I won't even touch a gas furnace in a trailer unless I am
removing it to replace it with electric.
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