Aqua-hot won't start

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Reply #25 – February 11, 2020, 06:05:24 am

Aqua Hot does not sell black Sperios Control Unit boxes any more, too many problems with them.

The new box is plug and play. I keep two or more in stock to be prepared to replace black boxes that are acting up. Sold 5 in January.

I can send you one, no tax out of Texas and I will pay ground FedX shipping.

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Reply #26 – February 11, 2020, 09:41:43 am

I'm at Whistler right now skiing so I can't do anything until I get back home. How much money is the new box.

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Reply #27 – February 11, 2020, 09:44:26 am

Quote from: oldguy – February 11, 2020, 09:41:43 am

I'm at Whistler right now skiing so I can't do anything until I get back home. How much money is the new box.

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Reply #28 – February 11, 2020, 10:18:12 am

Well Oldguy, The control Unit is an educated guess, not an absolute fix. So guessing a $920 Aqua Hot disigned and manufactured Control Unit is some guess. If one can see the burner fail to fire with a test box looking at what is happening, guessing becomes a diagnosis.

Many times with a coach here with me, I can not see it fail, works every time. Replacing the Control Unit is my first guess expecially if the old Control Unit is a black Sperios box. If the intermittant failure to fire continues, wrong guess. I retreive the new Control Unit and replace the ignition coil. One of these two parts will fix intermittant failure.

Now having said all of this, I would want to know the flame sensor is clean and the nozzle is suppling a very fine mist fan spray. Easy to determine if you are here. Fixed an intermittant issure by cleaning a dirty flame sensor and new nozzle last month.

Intermittant failure is so much fun.

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Reply #29 – February 11, 2020, 11:15:18 am

Had the same problem as mentioned. Would fire up for a short time and then go out. Went to meet my guru, Rudy, in person. Bought the new box. My THIRD in four years. Works like a charm. Had my old silver box rebuilt, as a spare. Do WHATEVER Rudy says. He 'da Man !!!

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Reply #30 – February 11, 2020, 11:31:43 am

If the new box has bigger contacts and higher rated capacitors, it would be a steal. I was trying to get an electrical engineer who built his own box to put his on the forum. He said he was too old to start a business. He took a burned up one he got from Roger (the AH Roger) and re-engineered it with larger contacts and better capacitors. Told me it would outlive me.

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Reply #31 – February 11, 2020, 11:52:42 am

Craneman I talked to that guy did you buy his coach? I tried to get information from him and he basically told me the same thing— too old to mess with!!!
I have been studying on using a PLC
( programmable logic controller) to control the aqua hot and if there are any electrical engineer types listening, any and all input appreciated
Just PM me
Thanks
Chris

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Reply #32 – February 11, 2020, 11:59:34 am

I believe Tom Lang is an Electrical Engineer.
John

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Reply #33 – February 11, 2020, 12:10:32 pm

Quote from: Chris m lang – February 11, 2020, 11:52:42 am

Craneman I talked to that guy did you buy his coach? I tried to get information from him and he basically told me the same thing— too old to mess with!!!
I have been studying on using a PLC
( programmable logic controller) to control the aqua hot and if there are any electrical engineer types listening, any and all input appreciated
Just PM me
Thanks
Chris

He only wanted $40,000 had full body paint from Xtreme and front and rear light conversion. Lithium batteries, power tilt solar and a dash full of switches to control what was charging what. DW didn't approve of the interior, as he was a bachelor and had full timed in it for the last 2 years. Couldn't convince DW the interior could be fixed and we could sell ours. She then informed me that we had 5 motorhomes at the house including our present one. You all know the rest.

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Reply #34 – February 11, 2020, 04:50:14 pm

Quote from: craneman – February 11, 2020, 12:10:32 pm

Couldn't convince DW the interior could be fixed and we could sell ours. She then informed me that we had 5 motorhomes at the house including our present one. You all know the rest.

I believe with 5 on the lot you might have been able to hide it and she would never know?

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Reply #35 – February 11, 2020, 07:08:42 pm

The Aqua-hot has gone 24 hours without quitting, the longest it has gone since I bought it.

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Reply #36 – February 11, 2020, 08:18:24 pm

Craneman with five on the property you could start your own motorhome sales business. Then you could take it in trade lol. Yeah I know every once in awhile something like Carol and Scott's coach comes up and I think wow I could buy that one and sell mine and then I remember that my wife would hit me in the head if I tried that.
It's good to have someone that keeps you real even when it hurts.

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Reply #37 – February 11, 2020, 09:07:03 pm

I personally only count 2, the '81 and the '99 Foretravels. The rest are junk, anyone want a free '78 Vogue needs work?

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Reply #38 – February 23, 2020, 06:39:38 pm

Just to let you all know the Aqua-hot is running properly now. I put the old controller back on. I will try the new one again and if
haywire I will send it back. The main problem was the points were way out of adjustment and the coil was intermittent.

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