Dinosaur Electronics FAN50PLUS Universal Igniter Board with Fan Control

Worked great when it worked. Won't fault them to much even the Antwood original boards where short lived.

This is a fast comment on my initial impression of the FAN50PLUS controller/system board made by Dinosaur Electronics in the USA.I was sold on quality of the Dinosaur products by the staunch support by other RV owners why maintain their own RV and its various systems.I'm totally rebuilding the guts of the Suburban model NT-34SP 34,000 BTU side ducted propane furnace. Mine was built in 1996 according to the serial number. It worked great when I purchased my RV in 2016. Over the past year though it began to show age after 20+ years of service I assume.Anyway I deduced the Time Delay Relay had failed leading to irratic functioning. I decided rather than replace the furnace why not save about $500-$600 and rebuild it.That led to buying the FAN50PLUS. Out of the box I was smitten. In my hands I help the most solid, well crafted piece of electronics I've held in my hands since the 70s or 80s. It is even more refined than the best of the best of that golden Era. It's solid in your hands. Nothing rattles, nothing feels weak, there is zero flex in the veey thick board itself. Since the late 80s when makers tried to shave costs as razor thin as possible the thickness of the boards themselves as become thinner and thinner resulting in more and more flex. Flex is never good when dealing with hard soldered connections...even more so given that soldered connections since they stopped using lead based solder.These boards are built as solid as I might imagine a dinosaur 🦕 hide might have been.Beyond that there feels as if there is a glass like coating over the entire thing. It's smooth and silky soft but this seems to enhance the solid confidence building sense of this board.Next I really had not done a lot if reading on how the board works. I just assume Ed it would just do good enough to keep customers happy. I also was badly misinformed as yow the Fan function thinking it was sonething to do with a supporting overhead fan to move heated air back down.Seems this fan function is the real value, hidden value, in older furnaces like mine that function Replaces the need for that somewhat expensive time delay relay (TDR). Thoae can cost $40-$50 for the Dinosaur made TDR to a ton more for other versions. So I'm saving $45 by not having to buy that component. This essentially reduced the net cost of this board to about $50. Yes it's still $95 but no need to spend $50 more on that TDR.So tomorrow is the day I swap out the boards, change that jumper and reconnect the wiring according to the instructions....and I'll be back to finish this review. Sorry I was so impressed I. had to get this down on paper. It's been a very difficult past year for me and even something as small as a new component in a furnace really was a hugely uplifting event. Thanks to the good people at Dinosaur.

Igniter Board would not mount onto my furnace cabinet as old board did. The holes matched up with the mounting pins but the grommets were too thick and would not allow the plastic snaps to latch onto the board. Could not figure out any other way to attach it. Could not let it hang loose as it would fall into the blower cage. Did not get a chance to see if it worked or not.

The first step for me was having the furnace control board tested. Positive then I started throwing parts at it. I replaced the high temp control, the sail switch, then the gas valve. I bent the gas intake valve and had a new one built. Still no heat, I learned alot about my furnace. Most of what I read suggested installing the Dinosaur control board. I was skeptical since I had been wrong every step of the way. I ordered it and it took just a few minutes to change it out. I expected the same results as everything else. BUT.. it fired right up and works perfectly. The Dinosaur is made of very heavy materials and felt quality right away.

Top notch build specification. quality, and components. My barely-a-year-old 5th wheel furnace stopped igniting regularly, sometimes yes, sometimes no. After looking at the obvious culprits: blocked vents, sail switch, limit switch, propane feed, etc., the problem turned out to be the Chinese made control board which came with the furnace. After much research I found out many positive web reviews for Dinosaur Electronics Fan 50 Plus Pins board. Rather than sticking to another original board I purchased the Fan 50. Installation was a breeze since it has the same dimensions and connections as the original one. The furnace has not missed a beat since installation. I did notice that a red LED light would come on and remain on when the furnace was running (flame on) and since typically a red light of any kind in many electronics can indicate a malfunction I called Tech Support at Dinosaur electronics. My call was picked up immediately and I talked directly with a real life tech, who advised that is normal operation for the Fan 50. Red LED on means the furnace has ignited and is running with no faults.Strong real person Tech Support in Oregon, made in the USA, top notch build quality, a solid 3 year warranty, and reasonable price. What more can you ask for? If your RV furnace board goes out, do yourself a favor and buy this, don't bother with a Chinese made board. In fact I recommend you buy one and keep it at your RV in case the original Chinese-made board in your furnace dies. Cheap insurance.

Well I'm about a year late getting to this review. but a year after installation no problems at all. who would have thought it was sent from our own state too. the product came in two days and I don't have prime. that made me really happy. we were without heat for several months during winter, needless to say our electric fireplace and space heaters were all we had to keep warm. even when we got it had to wait for awhile to install due to it being so cold, let alone getting to the furnace. If you have ever had to get yours out of a 5th wheel its not an easy task. But once we did it was the answer to our prayers and saved us a ton of money. Hearing the sound of our furnace turn on was music to our ears. once we had the furnace out it was easy to install, the value worth it weight in gold. we never needed tech support. having a handy dandy jack of all trades husband is a huge plus. totally recommend.

So far working perfectly, plug and play only took a few minutes to fit to my Atwood furnace.