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Re: Aqua Hot Winterzation Question

Reply #25 – October 20, 2018, 09:30:25 am

That seems about right Larry,  I have not timed it but in the 40s the diesel side runs about 20 minutes and hour, 1/3 of the time or for your nozzle 0.12 gal/hr or about 3 gal per day.  If younare plugged in, less.  All of this depends on how warm you want your coach and how much of it you heat.  We are from "up north" and probably get along cooler than many.

You can add a switch to the dash fan so that it does not run when the LR AH heat is on.  The rest of the heat exchanger fans will run longer but less frequently, the heat distribution in the LR is better, for us overall, more comfortable.

Aqua Hot Dash Blower Fan Override

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Re: Aqua Hot Winterzation Question

Reply #26 – October 20, 2018, 11:17:00 am

Roger, what does the green switch control that is next to the front blower switch?

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Re: Aqua Hot Winterzation Question

Reply #27 – October 20, 2018, 05:36:02 pm

Something in the dash heating/cooling system went south about 8 years ago.  Switching to defrost should have made the dampers to move one way to let air come out of the defrost vents.  It did not.  So some rewiring and a switch make the dmoers do what I need when Defrost is required.

There is always a way.

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Re: Aqua Hot Winterzation Question

Reply #28 – November 08, 2018, 12:07:47 am

Couldn't get the aqua hot to fire up on diesel once in Nac. Took it into the shop and Alton found that the new fuel hose had a kink in it. Once relieved it fired right up. Just now turned on the heat option as it is in the high 50's here just to check it out and at first it blew cool, but warming up pretty nice right now after 20 min. Been using it for the last 2 days for showers and I have to say it is quite nice. As Rudy says, got to use it or lose it, so we are using it and liking it.
The bypass switch sounds like a good plan Roger. Will have to try that one.
Found that the heater control switch for the dash air is inop. Will have to fix that as well.
Toured Carol and Scott's coach tonight. Very fine Foretravel. Also Robert and Josie's coach. Nice. There are some pretty sweet coaches here, and I am not talking about the 1.2 million ones. Although they are pretty nice as well.
Bob

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Re: Aqua Hot Winterzation Question

Reply #29 – November 08, 2018, 12:25:13 am

The .35 seems correct and the gen is .44.  The aquahot is intermittent obviously and the gen matches the hour meter.

If I tilt the coach when fueling the VPMS is accurate enough as is the hour meter on the gen.

What's left is the aquahot fuel use.

Why be so careful?  Shows if something is wrong

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