Jacksons
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Has anyone had problems with bats getting in furnace openings and getting trapped in there????
how do you get their dead bodies out????
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Les Curren
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Unless you are in a hurry just wait about three or four weeks for the dead bats bodies to become desicated than remove the stainless steel plate that guards the exhaust and intake and fish them out using a long piece of wire that has been hooked on the end.
If your in a hurry take off the larger plate that will allow you to remove the exhaust and intake pipes and remove their bodies.
Than screen the ends of the pipes with metal screening.
Just be happy they were not yellow jackets that sometimes get in there and build hives.
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downtheroad
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After you do get them out I suggest this for the future.
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colochoclab
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Bats?? Seriously??
Ick!
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T_Bone
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downtheroad wrote:After you do get them out I suggest this for the future.
Furnace Screen
Becareful here as a 1/4" mesh screen impeades the air flow by 25%.
A typical screen door screen, impeades the air flow by 75%
Restricking the combustion chamber air flow will cause the heat exchanger too crack and will leak deadly CO into the RV.
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damac
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T_Bone wrote:downtheroad wrote:After you do get them out I suggest this for the future.
Furnace Screen
Becareful here as a 1/4" mesh screen impeades the air flow by 25%.
A typical screen door screen, impeades the air flow by 75%
Restricking the combustion chamber air flow will cause the heat exchanger too crack and will leak deadly CO into the RV.
whoah i just bought one of these for my new hydroflame 8500 unit because of talk of pests and they seem popular, are sold at campingworld, etc.
i never heard about any restrictions, etc. are these only meant to installed when you are not using the heater???
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Rangerdave
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damac wrote:T_Bone wrote:downtheroad wrote:After you do get them out I suggest this for the future.
Furnace Screen
Becareful here as a 1/4" mesh screen impeades the air flow by 25%.
A typical screen door screen, impeades the air flow by 75%
Restricking the combustion chamber air flow will cause the heat exchanger too crack and will leak deadly CO into the RV.
whoah i just bought one of these for my new hydroflame 8500 unit because of talk of pests and they seem popular, are sold at campingworld, etc.
i never heard about any restrictions, etc. are these only meant to installed when you are not using the heater???
and that stupid tool in that hand in the picture...!. i had taken my off to do the inspection and then was playing hokiepokie with a pair of needle nose pliers to get it back on.
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Dancing Bear
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colochoclab wrote:Bats?? Seriously??
Ick!
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Don't laugh! I had the same thing happen to me last month.I went down to our trailer and turned on the furnace to check it before my wife was due to come down the next day. The furnace ran but I definitely smelled something burning outside. I had a semi-cooked bat wedged into the exhaust. Had to pull it out with needle nosed pliers - piece by piece. So I too will be looking into installing screens on both the furnace and hot water tank.
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