1988 FC water coach heater question

[davidkerryedwards]

On my 82 FC there are two gate valves in heater hoses up behind the
driver's side wheel near the engine. I assume these shut off the flow
to the coach.

Kerry

82 FC 35
Denver-

-- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "birdshill123"
wrote:
>
> We are on our maiden voyage in the new to us Bird. I will post a story
> of the trip later. Right now I have a small problem. I have the blue
> Box for our unit but section 10 with all the plumbing and electrical
> diagrams is missing. Our coach has a heater (engine hot water) under
> the kitchen drawers beside the fridge. We are in AZ. It was 101 today.
> My wife went to get something from the drawers and she said she almost
> burned herself. I checked and the heater core. It is damn hot. Checked
> the switch for summer/winter and it is set on summer. How do I stop
> the water from circulating to the heaters? I know the switch is
> supposed to activate a solenoid. Where is that solenoid located? Why
> couldnt they use a simple Ranco valve? Without the diagram for the
> heaters I am having trouble figuring how this works. Are there
> seperate lines going to the water heater? For now I would like to just
> install a simple gate valve to stop the water from entering the
> heater. I havent yet checked to see if the other heaters are also hot.
>
> Thanks: Bruce
>