Is there another way to heat the water other than the 115 VAC.
Should I leave it on all the time.
It seems like it would pull a lot of electricity.
Maybe I'm wrong.
Thanks
Rick,
Your U-320 should have an AquaHot furnace which provides warm air to the coach and hot water. There is a wealth of knowledge about the AquHot found via search on this forum.
Short answer, you can use 120 volt power or diesel or a combination of the two to heat your water.
Richard
Whether or not you want to leave the water heater on all the time depends on you. We tend to turn ours on in the morning for 1/2 hour and then again in the evening while doing the washing up. For us it makes a great difference in the life of our propane tank.
Man, when I saw the title of this tread I thought you were asking if you were in hot water. I was going to say-- ask your significant other. That way you will have the FACTS.
The AH 120 volt heater will take a couple hours to heat up from 70ish to what it normally heats it up to. Once heated you may be good for a day. We run ours for a couple hours in the morning and depending on outdoor temps maybe an hour or two in the evening. If it is cold or we want to heat faster run the diesel burner, much faster. For us it needs to be getting towards 40 before we need to run the diesel burner.
All of this depends on how much you heat, how much hot water you use and what the outside temps is. some experience will guide you on the best way to use it for your own situation.
In any case run the diesel burner once a month or more to keep the nozzle clean and fresh fuel in the lines. If you do this an annual maintenance can be done every two or three years.
Brett, I bet that at first you thought it was from me. :))
(I've been good--so far as I know)
Rick, The 5000 btu electric element cycles on and off per its own control thermostat.
The 50,000 btu diesel burn cycles on and off per its own control thermostat.
If you need no interior heat or hot water you can leave both systems off. If you do not want to wait for either system to heat hot water, leave the electric on 24/7. It only comes on o keep the coolant tank up to temp.
If you want a long shower, add the diesel burner to the electric element. If outside temps drop below 50 or 45 degrees F, turn on the diesel burner too. Electric element can not keep up in cold conditions.
Hope this helps
Well right now I'm in no hot water. But that's today.
Anyway thanks for the input.
I think I will try the on and off cycle.
We are staying in Florida right now and it seems the basement gets awfull hot when it's on all the time.
So I'm thinking we will put it on in late afternoon and off in the am
Rick a couple thoughts. First make sure the basement thermostat is turned up all the way so that it isn't running. Should be in the compartment where the water manifold is.
Second the inverter even if not on will put out some heat if the charger is float charging your batteries.
Don't you mean down all the way?
Yes, keep the basement thermostat low-maybe 40 degrees-just above freezing.