CRS

[Gardner Yeaw]

I finaly have it working. I did some research and found that a
208/220 volt unit works at about 25% of the rating when hoooked up
to 110. I found a 4500 watt/208 volt unit and installed it. The
heater works fine and gets up to the 120 degree setting in less than
an hour, and that's fine for me.

The only thing I can say is, 'why did they orient the heater in
such a way that it is so easy to see everything but so impossable to
get your hands in there to work'?

Gardner
78FC33


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Gardner Yeaw"
wrote:
>
> I managed to get a new element (Screw-in type) with an adaptor
for
> 4 bolt. I took out the old unit and it sure was blown. There was a
> split in the tube and the element was sticking out about 6 inches.
> Interestingly it wasn't broken.
>
> Unfortunately, the adapter for the screw-in is too big for the
> hole in the tank. It is designed so that the adapter case enters
the
> hole and the element screws into it. If they reversed the design
so
> the adapter was on the outside and the flat part fit against the
> tank it would have been perfect. I tried to just reverse it, but
it
> is designed so you can't thread the element in from the wrong
side.
>
> I think I can find an element if I keep searching the local
> hardware/plumbing supply stores. I can order one from Raritan, but
> that's $34 plus shipping and I want it before the weekend, so
> shipping is BIG bucks.
>
> Gardner
> 78FC33
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Gardner Yeaw"
> wrote:
> >
> > CRS (can't temember sh@#)
> >
> > I was fixin my generator this weekend and when I tested it I
> turned
> > on all the breakers to check out all the 120 volt AC stuff. I
had
> shut
> > some down cause I was tripping the 20 amp circuit at the house
> > connection. Like a real genius, I also turned on the hot water
> heater,
> > DUH, The water system is drained for the winter. I am hopeing
> there is
> > a sensor to protect the heater element when there is no water in
> the
> > system; Is that present on a '78? I won't be able to check it
out
> > until this weekend, but if I smoked it, does anyone have a
> replacement
> > part number for the heater element?
> >
> > Gardner
> > 78FC33 (victem of an absent minded dufus)
> >
>