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...
Forum Discussion
SteveAE wrote:
06ViewH,
Thanks. You said that you were able to raise the temperature of the water. What temperature do you think most RV hot water heaters are pre-set to? I assume you keep you system running all the time, but if you were to turn it on in a cold coach, how long till you start getting some serious heat out?
Steve
I believe the Atwood water heaters are pre-set to turnoff at 140 degrees. You can buy an adjustable thermostat to allow that to be higher.
It will take about 20 minutes to heat the water hot enough to provide heat. If we run both the Propane and 110v on the water heater, then this will be a bit quicker.
Let me know if you have any other questions - this was a great project . Provides us with a few nice options to heat the motorhome without using propane and very quiet.
