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Hey there, I’m Drew Callahan, and after logging over 80,000 miles across North America in three different rigs, I’ve learned a thing or two about RV maintenance—especially when it comes to those stubborn furnace issues. If you own a Keystone Alpine furnace, you might have noticed that the owner’s manual doesn’t exactly spell out what … Read more

I was standing outside my Durango one November morning, waiting to hear that familiar *whoosh* of the igniter catching—and instead got nothing but a soft *click*, then silence. The furnace fan would spin up, the blower would push cold air through the vents, but no flame. I’d already ordered a new igniter electrode based on … Read more

Most RV owners assume their furnace will either work or it won’t — that it’s a binary thing, like a light switch. That assumption is dangerously wrong. A Highland Ridge Open Range furnace can fail in ways that look identical on the surface but demand completely different fixes: a dead igniter, a fried control board, … Read more

I’ve got my Crossroads Redwood sitting in a pull-through right now, and I’m looking at the furnace access panel I pulled off the sidewall about an hour ago. Inside that compartment lives two components that almost nobody thinks about until they fail: an igniter and a control board. Those two parts work in tandem, and … Read more

I’ve got a Riverstone control board sitting on my workbench right now — scorched at one corner, the solder joints cracked and discolored where the heating relay used to fire. That blackening tells you everything: a furnace that kept trying to ignite, kept failing, and left the board to absorb the electrical punishment until it … Read more

“Drew, my Cougar’s furnace won’t light at all. I’ve got heat in the morning or it shuts off mid-cycle. Dealer wants $1,400 to even look at it. Am I looking at a full furnace swap, or is this something I can actually fix?” That message came through on a Tuesday afternoon from a guy in … Read more