How to quiet down an RV furnace

[ksbowman]

Every RV we have had has a noisy furnace. Does anyone have any good ideas on how to make it more quiet? I have thought of wrapping it (the furnace and blower) in insulation if there is room. I had hoped that our 303rls might be better than the other units, but after using it last week one evening it is as noisy as any of the others.

[livinthelife]

Every RV we have had has a noisy furnace. Does anyone have any good ideas on how to make it more quiet? I have thought of wrapping it (the furnace and blower) in insulation if there is room. I had hoped that our 303rls might be better than the other units, but after using it last week one evening it is as noisy as any of the others.

I've not noticed that the furnace is exceptionally noisy on our rig.

[arhayes]

Every RV we have had has a noisy furnace. Does anyone have any good ideas on how to make it more quiet? I have thought of wrapping it (the furnace and blower) in insulation if there is room. I had hoped that our 303rls might be better than the other units, but after using it last week one evening it is as noisy as any of the others.

The furnace in our Momentum is pretty quiet whether you are inside or standing outside by the unit. It makes much less noise than one of the AC's running. I wonder if the plenum is securely screwed into the rig or some ducting is loose to make noise. There's not a lot other than an unbalanced fan or bearings going out on it to make noise.


Alan

[DaveMatthewsBand]

Seems like you’d be able to hear the furnace more in a bumper pull since it’s behind a paper thin wall as opposed to a fifth wheel, where it’s under the floor, which is substantially thicker.


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[Bamaman]

I just accept that the furnace is loud--as are roof mount a/c units.

We usually heat our fifth wheel with the electric fireplace and small ceramic cube heaters where anyone is at the time. There again, we're only moderately cold in the Mid South.

[DaveMatthewsBand]

We’ve been using a Mr. Heater Big Buddy propane heater the past 4 months, to keep things toasty while we’re watching TV or whatever then when we go to bed we turn that off and use an electric blanket to keep warm since we always have plenty of juice in the batteries.

Rarely ever run the furnace, unless temps are below freezing.

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[FIREMAN148]

Every RV we have had has a noisy furnace. Does anyone have any good ideas on how to make it more quiet? I have thought of wrapping it (the furnace and blower) in insulation if there is room. I had hoped that our 303rls might be better than the other units, but after using it last week one evening it is as noisy as any of the others.

We have always had the furnace that sounded like a jet engine. However, our 2017 Reflection 27RL has a very quiet furnace. I don't know what they did, but I love it.

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[rstarc]

We also use the fireplace a lot, its surprising how much heat comes from it.

[TENN22]

We also use the fireplace a lot, its surprising how much heat comes from it.

Agreed, very surprised.

Just a note to say my GD furnace is much louder than our previous Jayco TT. Something is different, I don't know if it is related to placement, but we hardly run ours due to the noise, plus like @Bamaman most of our trips are in the southernly direction.