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Does Furrion Chill Cube RV AC Unit Have Ability to Control Furnaces  

Updated 06/22/2026 | Published 06/15/2026

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can you connect this to a furnace? i have a 2007 jayco recon, the furnace and a/c is connected to the thermostat on the wall

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Hey Devon, this is a great question but the thermostat of the Furrion Chill Cube RV AC units like the part # FR59TD just doesn't like working with furnaces although it was intended to. So for the time being we recommend people leaving their old thermostat in their RV and use it for just the furnace. Allegedly they are working on a firmware update for the thermostat to allow it to work with furnaces but at this time it's still not out yet.

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Joseph

6/17/2026

I purchased a Furrion Chill Cube recently. I can’t say that I am impressed. Not really sure the Dry feature works. Feel like it just make an odd oscillating drone noise. The swing feature of the vent has to be adjusted every time the unit is on. It only blows to the front of the rv otherwise. The remote has a followed me feature but it has to be in direct line of sight or it doesn’t work and there is no feedback that it will communicate. It never shuts off. The blower is constantly running and it seems more annoying at the lower blower settings. It does cool and cools well. That I can’t argue. If I were you, I would look at the Coleman Mach Everest that just came out. Hindsight, I would have waited.

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Jameson C.

6/17/2026

@Joseph thanks for the feedback! I will say we don't get a lot of negative feedback on the Chill Cube but your points are very valid. I am really curious how the Mach Everest part # CM35MR is going to do but it does look pretty awesome and shows a lot of promise.
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Joseph

6/17/2026

@JamesonC I feel like because they were the first ones to come out with this inverter style set up, they have been given all kinds of grace. But I really believe that if you give more options to come out, the problems will be addressed. I feel that keeping the unit running is its largest drawback. Sure, it may save energy, but to continually run for no reason will eventually negate that gain. The Coleman Mach Everest will hopefully be the next gen.
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Jameson C.

6/17/2026

@Joseph yeah that makes sense. When they were about to release we had so much demand for them it was crazy. I haven't seen that much blowback on them aside from this. Mainly people complain it doesn't like to work with furnaces or the heat strip still hasn't come out.
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Greg C.

6/17/2026

Devon, I have replaced two old duo therm units with Furrion Chill switching from ducted to non ducted. I bought a simple battery powered thermostat to run my furnace (two wires to connect). So I have three separate systems now. Two ACs and a furnace. I like this setup and the Chills work great and are quiet.

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Devon

6/21/2026

whats the difference between the ducted and non ducted units?

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Jameson C.

6/22/2026

@Devon ducted ones have air boxes that are a little smaller as they were intended to primarily blow air through the ducting in the roof. Ductless is for blowing air only through the roof air box and the controls are built into the air box instead of on a wall thermostat.

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