Tiffin Phaeton Aqua Hot -- 400D good enough?
In the process of picking out a motorhome...and I keep coming back to Tiffin. Drove an Open Road Allegro...and we really liked the coach itself...but after driving a diesel it would have to be the Al...
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jorbill2or wrote:
The 400d can heat the engine ( thus the engine can heat the Aqua hot ) as an option ..its standard on the 450. Does tiffin not include that option ?
You might be right, but that's not the info I've seen. I have the 400D, and in looking through the manual, it appears that the only difference between it and the 450D is that the latter includes the engine loop. So if that's true, I don't see why there would be an "option" to add the engine loop to a 400D, because that would simply make it a 450D.
My last coach (a Mandalay) had a Hurricane hydronic heat system with the engine loop, and I admit I miss that feature for the ability to heat the coach and hot water using engine waste heat. But both coaches have also had an electric block heater, which I'm sure will be more than sufficient for its purpose. And as to Aqua-Hot (or other hydronic system) vs. a propane furnace and water heater -- worth every extra penny you pay, in my opinion. I'll never have another coach without one.
