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Basement heat

In one of my bays.  Is this the thermostat for the bay heater via Aqua Hot?  Is it independent of my two heater zones and bathroom wall thermostat?
Matt B
1998 u-320

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Reply #1 –
Yes, that controls the bay, it will activate the bathroom pump but not the bathroom fan.
1999 40 ft. U-320 wtfe build 5563 Chuck & Lynda's "Rollin' Inn"  2030 watts solar
prev. mh's 71 GMC 5 yrs. 73 Pace Setter 1 yr. 78 Vogue 5 yrs 81 FTX 40ft all electric 18 yrs. 1996 Monaco Signature 3 yrs.
2014 Grand Cherokee Overland
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Reply #2 –
The thermostat has no "off" setting just a minimum of about zero.  So if you winterize your coach for cold weather storage and there will be no heat in the AH system and if it gets below the thermostat setting the zone pump and wet bay heat exchanger fans will come on.  And they might be on for weeks.

To prevent this get a three wire connector plug, a flat four wire trailer wiring connector works fine,  and splice it into the three wires coming out of the thermostat making sure to keep the right wires connecting in the plug.  You can cut off the ground wire ground wire from the two sides of the plug.  The ground connector makes it easy to reconnect correctly.
Roger Engdahl and Susan Green
2001 U320 3610 #5879 (Home2) - 2014 Jeep Cherokee or 2018 F150
Hastings, MN

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Reply #3 –
Roger,

Thank you for another pearl of knowledge.  I had never thought about that situation. 

Richard
Jan & Richard Witt
1999 U-320  36ft WTFE
Build Number: 5478 Motorcade: 16599
2011 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited w/Air Force One
Jan: NO5U, Richard:KA5RIW
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Reply #4 –
Good advice.  Here in Tucson, we leave the RV heater on for one or two nights a year.  Those brutal winter nights are up to 50 degrees by 10AM!
Matt B
1998 u-320

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Reply #5 –
We are roasting now near freezing during the day and 20s at night.  AH electric is on in the coach while we get ready to head south. Coach is at 45, basement is 47-50.  My battery bay is at 50°.  No added heat. 
Roger Engdahl and Susan Green
2001 U320 3610 #5879 (Home2) - 2014 Jeep Cherokee or 2018 F150
Hastings, MN
 

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Reply #6 –
Thanks all!  We are parked where lows are right around freezing.  I have verified my basement setting to be at 40 degrees.
Matt B
1998 u-320