Tom,
I've had a new circuit board installed in my Suburban furnace two winters
ago. We used a "Dinosaur" board and it's worked perfectly ever since. The
furnace was almost new when the Suburban circuit board went out. A lot
of folks have had problems with the Suburban board. I was told that the
Suburban circuit board gave only "one try" when trying to ignite and if
it didn't do it this one time
that it would shut down. The replacement circuit board I've been told
will give up to three trys before shutting down. This new board has always
worked!!
Last winter the wife and I were full timing it in our 31ft. and our neighbor's brand X motor home's Suburban furnace went out. I shared the circuit board info with him and he just looked at me funny. He went ahead and put another Suburban circuit board in----- about a month later his furnace went out again. Nuf said.
Hope that you can get by with just an igniter though. A lot cheaper fix.
Pat
> With all this discussion of furnaces I decided to bite the bullet
and take
> mine to an authorized Suburban dealer. I talked on the phone today
and
> described the problem I've been having, which sounds like the same
problem we
> all seam to have. A furnace which will work some of the time, usually
not
> lighting at night when its cold.
> The Suburban dealer will look at it tomorrow. I will let you all
know what
> the outcome is. He did tell me that he has had several with the symptoms
> which mine displays, and a new Dragon circuit board has been the
answer, at
> $115.00 guaranteed for 3 years including a general service. You can
get the
> Suburban board but its only guaranteed for 90 days. He did say it
could be as
> simple as an igniter, $15.00.
>
> Tom & Catherine
> 87 Sovereign 25' (Belle)
> 96 Dodge Ram 2500 DT (La Bete)