Hydronic and Espar Heat
Last year we modified our Winnebago View to be able to use the motorhome (full water, showers, dump tanks, without Propane) throughout the Wisconsin winters. I thought I'd share the writeup that I di...
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Last night they called for temps in the low 20s, but checking this morning it only got down to the mid 30s. We ran the Espar all night and had no problems keeping the coach warm. The system would cycle on for about a minute and then turn off.
Still have the problem keeping the hot water heater hot via the Espar. I checked the engine temp when I awoke and it was only 105 degrees. I'll have to read more on how the Espar works - I expected that it would keep the engine at 180. So, this may be my problem. The water heater temp went from around 130 down to 85 this morning.
The other issue we had is that the chassis battery was dead (used battery booster to get started, no big deal). I wired everything to the house batteries, but must have missed something. The house batteries went from a State of Charge of 75% when we went to bed to 63% when we woke. That'll work, pleased to see that it doesn't use much battery.
Used NO propane (and very little diesel) and the Espar kept up with the thermostat with no problems.
Few more items to test out.
Still have the problem keeping the hot water heater hot via the Espar. I checked the engine temp when I awoke and it was only 105 degrees. I'll have to read more on how the Espar works - I expected that it would keep the engine at 180. So, this may be my problem. The water heater temp went from around 130 down to 85 this morning.
The other issue we had is that the chassis battery was dead (used battery booster to get started, no big deal). I wired everything to the house batteries, but must have missed something. The house batteries went from a State of Charge of 75% when we went to bed to 63% when we woke. That'll work, pleased to see that it doesn't use much battery.
Used NO propane (and very little diesel) and the Espar kept up with the thermostat with no problems.
Few more items to test out.
