Drew Callahan · May 4, 2026
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
Drew Callahan · May 3, 2026
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
Drew Callahan · May 3, 2026
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
Drew Callahan · May 2, 2026
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 Callahan · May 2, 2026
“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
Drew Callahan · April 19, 2026
I’ve got my head inside a Heartland Eddie Bauer Signature’s furnace compartment right now, and I’m staring at a control board that’s seen better days. The igniter clicked once, then nothing—no spark, no gas valve opening, no heat. I’ve already pulled the igniter (it’s fine), checked the sail switch (working), confirmed the gas valve isn’t … Read more
Drew Callahan · April 18, 2026
Most RV owners let their furnace fail completely before they touch it—and by then, the damage has spread to parts they didn’t know were connected. The Jayco North Point’s heating system is built to a price point, which means Jayco has engineered exactly where corners get cut: the igniter and control board are those corners, … Read more
Drew Callahan · April 18, 2026
Your Arctic Wolf furnace fired up yesterday, blower engaged, and then went silent—thermostat showing a lockout code you’ve never seen before. So what happened? In nine cases out of ten on this exact model, it’s either the igniter cartridge that’s burned out after a thousand heat cycles, or the control board that’s stopped talking to … Read more
Drew Callahan · April 17, 2026
It was late November, parked at a pull-through in the high desert outside Flagstaff, when I first heard the click-click-click that wouldn’t finish. The igniter would spark, the blower would kick on, but the flame never caught. By the third night, my family was running the engine for heat between campfire sessions, and I was … Read more
Drew Callahan · April 17, 2026
Keystone Montana furnaces built between 2010 and 2018 use a Suburban or Atwood heating unit with a control board that sits right where vibration and temperature swings can wear it out faster than you’d expect. I’ve seen them fail at elevation, in cold snaps, and sometimes just from sitting unused for a season. The igniter … Read more
