Cannot remove furnace from inside or out

[Talk2JJackson]

I have 2022 Salem Hemisphere 369BL 5th wheel. There is no outside access panel. Just the small steel plate with the two vent holes. In the middle of the trailer, in the bunk bedroom under the loft, there is a small slotted grate on the wall adjacent to the bathroom cabinet, but since the bathroom sits up on the higher platform, there doesn't appear to be any sort of access panel from the bathroom cabinet. The small access hole in the bunk room, once I take out the 4 screws and remove the panel, I can see the outter steel casing over the heater but have no access to any of the wires or propane plumbing. So even if the intent by the builder was to have me tip the heater over on its side or pull it out diagonally, I would never be able to safely unhook. I am look straight at the side of the out steel of the furnace with zero clearance or visibilty from there to any duct work, hoses or wires. I hope I am wrong and that I am just missing something obvious, but it looks like the only way to access the other side of the furnace or perhaps the rear of it, would be to either completely uninstall and remove the water heater next to it and access it through the access door for the water heater, or perhaps having to cut a much larger access in that bunk room wall. Hopefully someone else has some experience to share that makes me feel stupid for missing the obvious. The reason i'm even headed down this path of removing the unit is that they fan is barely moving and had started making some odd sounds over recent days that sound like the fan motor was about to bite the dust. I came home to a cold RV this evening because it was bare blowing and making random pulses trying to speed up and it acts like it is sticking and bogging down. We have 60% left on a 500 Gallon propane tank and all the other gas items work fine. The 12v system is healthy and fully charged and we are on a permanent 50amp connections so they charge controller and all else seems to be in perfect order.

[ForestGump34DS]

Originally Posted by Talk2JJackson

I have 2022 Salem Hemisphere 369BL 5th wheel. There is no outside access panel. Just the small steel plate with the two vent holes. In the middle of the trailer, in the bunk bedroom under the loft, there is a small slotted grate on the wall adjacent to the bathroom cabinet, but since the bathroom sits up on the higher platform, there doesn't appear to be any sort of access panel from the bathroom cabinet. The small access hole in the bunk room, once I take out the 4 screws and remove the panel, I can see the outter steel casing over the heater but have no access to any of the wires or propane plumbing. So even if the intent by the builder was to have me tip the heater over on its side or pull it out diagonally, I would never be able to safely unhook. I am look straight at the side of the out steel of the furnace with zero clearance or visibilty from there to any duct work, hoses or wires. I hope I am wrong and that I am just missing something obvious, but it looks like the only way to access the other side of the furnace or perhaps the rear of it, would be to either completely uninstall and remove the water heater next to it and access it through the access door for the water heater, or perhaps having to cut a much larger access in that bunk room wall. Hopefully someone else has some experience to share that makes me feel stupid for missing the obvious. The reason i'm even headed down this path of removing the unit is that they fan is barely moving and had started making some odd sounds over recent days that sound like the fan motor was about to bite the dust. I came home to a cold RV this evening because it was bare blowing and making random pulses trying to speed up and it acts like it is sticking and bogging down. We have 60% left on a 500 Gallon propane tank and all the other gas items work fine. The 12v system is healthy and fully charged and we are on a permanent 50amp connections so they charge controller and all else seems to be in perfect order.

See if any of this helps......

https://www.forestriverforums.com/fo...ce-219247.html

Until you can get it running you may want to run to Walmart and get electric space heaters....!!!

Good luck....

[Capacitor]

Not sure what model you have but on mine, to access the wiring I used a 3 1/2” hole saw under the sink to gain access to the wiring and disconnected it. The gas line was accessible from the front. Mine is a NT20-seq but I’m sure yours is much larger.

[lazyjj]

Originally Posted by Talk2JJackson

I have 2022 Salem Hemisphere 369BL 5th wheel. There is no outside access panel. Just the small steel plate with the two vent holes. In the middle of the trailer, in the bunk bedroom under the loft, there is a small slotted grate on the wall adjacent to the bathroom cabinet, but since the bathroom sits up on the higher platform, there doesn't appear to be any sort of access panel from the bathroom cabinet. The small access hole in the bunk room, once I take out the 4 screws and remove the panel, I can see the outter steel casing over the heater but have no access to any of the wires or propane plumbing. So even if the intent by the builder was to have me tip the heater over on its side or pull it out diagonally, I would never be able to safely unhook. I am look straight at the side of the out steel of the furnace with zero clearance or visibilty from there to any duct work, hoses or wires. I hope I am wrong and that I am just missing something obvious, but it looks like the only way to access the other side of the furnace or perhaps the rear of it, would be to either completely uninstall and remove the water heater next to it and access it through the access door for the water heater, or perhaps having to cut a much larger access in that bunk room wall. Hopefully someone else has some experience to share that makes me feel stupid for missing the obvious. The reason i'm even headed down this path of removing the unit is that they fan is barely moving and had started making some odd sounds over recent days that sound like the fan motor was about to bite the dust. I came home to a cold RV this evening because it was bare blowing and making random pulses trying to speed up and it acts like it is sticking and bogging down. We have 60% left on a 500 Gallon propane tank and all the other gas items work fine. The 12v system is healthy and fully charged and we are on a permanent 50amp connections so they charge controller and all else seems to be in perfect order.

Have you looked inside the storage bay of your rig? On my 5vr, if I look behind the panels in the storage bay, I can see my furnace and the grill on the furnace, which is located it seems similar to what you describe in your rig. The panels I am referring to are removable in order to get to plumbing, wiring etc. This may give you the access you need to get to your furnace.

[rracer5]

Originally Posted by lazyjj

Have you looked inside the storage bay of your rig? On my 5vr, if I look behind the panels in the storage bay, I can see my furnace and the grill on the furnace, which is located it seems similar to what you describe in your rig. The panels I am referring to are removable in order to get to plumbing, wiring etc. This may give you the access you need to get to your furnace.

X2 Remove the panels inside your storage bay. You may have to crawl in a little but, that's how you'll get to and remove the furnace.