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Adding A Second Water Heater
We have the Girard tankless water heater and have learned to live with it, without major incident. I have continuously disliked the waste of water trying to get hot water to the bathroom and other locations. Because on our model of the Seneca, the hot water heater is in the very back corner of the driver side and distance to the bathroom faucets and the shower and the kitchen faucets is a real reason that it takes so long to get hot water forward. It has been my thought, that replacing with a traditional RV water heater placed in the location of the Girard, would not change this distance. Yesterday, I installed a 2.5 gallon electric hot water heater in the utility compartment, right under the wardrobe and behind the bathroom. Last night was the first test of showers and water usage. So far, so good. I've been pursuing this project for awhile and the concern was where to break in to the hot water line. I felt I had found the location in the outside faucet and up until a couple of days ago, that was what I was going to do. Change came when I was exploring where to get 110 volt power and decided to use the power outlet behind the wardrobe that was intended to be for the washer and dryer we chose not to install. My original thought was to break in to the hot water line and add the electrically heated hot water in to the line coming from the Girard heater. Upon exploration of the electrical outlet, there was the hot and cold water faucets for the washer. Decided to use them. Drilled holes down to utility closet below and this has worked well. Shower now works much like a conventional shower with adjustment of both hot and cold water. As I installed this, I also installed pipe insulation on all hot water pipes I could reach. As we "boondock" with limited water and limited electrical power about half the year. Water consumption is the biggest obstacle and the extra 2.5 gallons doesn't hurt. Limited electrical power is just using the generator or isolating the use of only one electrical appliance, including this new water heater, at a time. Continuing to explore "the pursuit of happiness in this great Nation". __________________2.3KViews0likes9CommentsRe: King Awning Light w/ Bluetooth Speaker
APT wrote: It looks like you could connect something like this BT transmitter to the output on the back on the Jensen. Do you want to listen to AM/FM radio through the King speaker? That's exactly what I've wanted to do. It actually looks like it would plug in on front of Jensen radio unit. I'll have to look in to this further. I've got another option that my use same input jack.423Views0likes0CommentsRe: King Awning Light w/ Bluetooth Speaker
Okay, I bit the bullet and purchased one of these for our Seneca 37FS. Huge improvement on the light. Bluetooth is okay. I really wanted to broadcast our Jensen JRV215N from the dash outside. NOPE, that don't work. Seems after talking to the King Technical Support the Jensen JRV215N and the King Awning Light with Bluetooth Speaker are both Bluetooth Receivers and I cannot broadcast from the JRV215N to the King Awning Light with Bluetooth Speaker. The King Tech guy says the Bluetooth was for broadcasting music from my smart phone. The smart phone is also the only remote for controlling the different LED colors. Its a good unit and works well. I guess, I had to adjust my attitude on technology. All is well.424Views0likes0CommentsRe: Furnace on shore power
Gasman wrote: It is just amazing how so many of these simple questions turn into a pissing match about who is smarter. I was just thinking the same thing. Our a/c units have heat exchangers, so they do work as a furnace. Nice but noisy. We use 2 spacer heaters for heat source on nasty, wet, damp days like today. Keeps the chill off. If its below freezing, we do cycle furnace to keep stuff warm below, but space heaters for local comfort. We also use an extra 20amp circuit on a surge protector power outlet off the power post in the campground. That way we can run 2 space heaters and not trip a breaker.681Views0likes0CommentsRe: Fiberglass roof maintenance
Interesting thread. Titled - "Fiberglass roof maintenance" And then whole conversation about "EternaBond RSW-4-50 White Roof Seal", which is mainly used on rubber roofs. Our Seneca has a fiberglass roof. I have stuck a piece of EternaBond RSW-4-50 White Roof Seal to it to see how it seals and stays on. So far, still very stuck. Going on 6 months.269Views0likes0Comments
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