Newbie popup owner

[kennykling]

I just bought a rockwood popup camper. I was wondering about a good website for parts. I think I need a control board for the furnace and a faucet.

[campingwilliamsons]

RV Wholesalers and PPL motorhomes both have good parts departments. Of course amazon can be your friend as well.

Before you buy parts, tell us the year and model of the pop-up. Also, what is going on with the furnace that makes you think you need a control board? What kind of faucet do you have in the camper (hand pump, or does it look like a residential faucet)?

[MillerTime]

Ebay.
I get parts for everything off of there. Just need to know make, model (of appliances), and other numbers sometimes.
Plus you can see feedback of seller!

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[kennykling]

I have a rockwood model 2040. What happens with the furnace is, it lights fine for a few seconds and the cuts off. I have gone thru and cleaned and tested everything and the only thing I can think of is the control board. I bought the camper for $100.00 from a real good friend. Long story how he acquired it. Also I plugged it in and am getting power to the converter inside ( it has a low hum noise so I assume power is getting to it) but checked power to the receptacles with no power. I am assuming the converter is bad. I've heard they are about $200. There is currently no faucet. I'm not sure what to buy for it. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.

[MillerTime]

U might look under the counter at the line connections. A cheap faucet from walmart might work, or at least easily returnable if not.
Don't know much about furnaces, someone else will have to chime in. Only thought I have is maybe a restriction in the gas flow, where it is starved out after a few seconds of burning.? Thats all I got

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[kennykling]

I have checked all the wiring under there and it seems right. I might have to take it somewhere because electrical stuff is not my thing. Thank you so much for the response

[bikendan]

usually, popups that small, have a hand pump faucet.
does yours have a electric water pump?

have you tested the wires to the battery?

[B D HOWie]

Is one of the receptacles GFI? Could be that it needs reset (maybe replaced) and all the receptacles will work.
Paul

[kennykling]

I checked for a gfi receptacle and didn't find any. I wish it would have been that easy.

[rockfordroo]

Our popup had a hand pump faucet. You actually pumped it and it would suck water out of the FW tank. If you had city water, you pushed the other way and it would let the city water through.

[kennykling]

So basically I need a hand pump faucet. That is kind of what I thought.

[caper]

Do you have propane in the tank? Is the propane turned on? Turn the stove on for a few minutes to purge the lines on air. If you have gas going to the furnace and it still will not start. It is most likely a bad sail switch of the furnace. The fan has to get up to speed to allow the furnace to light. The converter does not have any effect on the 120 volt side of the camper. Is the main breaker turned off?

[HONDAMAN174]

Long shot but see if the front of the thermostat come off. Might be a igniter delay control there. Was on mine- wasn't set correctly at factory. First night camping was a cold one and furnance wouldn't light. After a few beers the next day, found that control.

[bikendan]

Originally Posted by kennykling

So basically I need a hand pump faucet. That is kind of what I thought.

if you don't have an electric water pump, then yes. but you haven't answered whether the popup does or doesn't.

[rockfordroo]

Our popup pump looked like this one:

Leisure Components Dual Action Low Boy Pump Colonial White - $34...

Push down on the handle and you get city water. Pump the handle up and down and you suck water from your FW tank.

[kennykling]

I don't think it has a pump. I'm sorry for the lack of information. Learning ad I go

[bikendan]

Originally Posted by kennykling

I don't think it has a pump. I'm sorry for the lack of information. Learning ad I go

all you need to do is follow the water line from the FW tank to where the faucet is supposed to be.
if there's no electric pump, then you'll need a hand pump faucet.

neither of our two popups, had an electric water pump. both just had the hand pump faucet.

[MillerTime]

Sorry op. I just assumed it was a normal rv faucet. Didnt know that some had pumps on them.

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[grege]

My faucet in my Coleman Mesa looked different than that but was the same concept. I added a water pump so I wouldn't have to hand pump the water and also replaced the faucet with a regular faucet. My camper did not have a hot water heater so I ran the feed from the water pump to the hot side and the pressurized line for the city hookup to the cold side. Worked great.

[BlakeB]

On my old Jayco popup I believe I had to hold the ignitor button in for some time before it would actually light. If I didnt hold it in long enough it would just turn on then back off after a few seconds. I thought mine was broken too but it wasnt.