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Frozen pipes
02-18-2007, 17:17
Post: #10
Frozen pipes
Woody,

I am talking about adding a constant circulating pump for the fresh
water/hot water system. Not the engine coolant. You do need 2 sporlan
(or other type) valves for the heaters & coolant. The link I sent Ernie
is: http://www.rewci.com/whhohotwaci.html

Terry Neal
Bozeman, MT
82PT40
74FC34



rwoodysurplus wrote:

> MAYBE-
> i AM not following but you need 2 valves in the rear that I just
> replaced on mine with ball valves to run the chassis heaters and the
> hot water heater
>
> constant on to recirc the water thru the hot water heater in the
> summer and the other to turn on the other valve for the kick heaters
>
> with the winter setting in mine at 20degrees it was a little cool in
> the back untill i turned on the aux water pump then all was good
>
> on the fc it has another valve up ft under the coach for its driver
> heat and also factory it has 2 sets of 2 manual screw in valves like
> at your house if you blow a line or its real hot to block off the flow
>
> woody
> 81 fc rb--for sale
> 90 sp
>
> little rock ark active duty army
>
> -- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> , Terry Neal wrote:
> >
> > Maybe. Might not need one. Want to keep it as simple as possible &
> not
> > cause problems with regular system flows.
> >
> > Terry Neal
> > Bozeman, MT
> > 82PT40
> > 74FC34
> >
> >
> >
> > ernieekberg@... wrote:
> >
> > > Would you have to have a bypass valve on this project?
> > > Ernie Ekberg
> > > 83PT40
> > > Livingston,Montana
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Terry Neal
> > > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
>
> > >
> > > Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 11:10 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Frozen pipes
> > >
> > > Just install the pump and then add a "crossover" from the hot to the
> > > cold lines, probably put it under the galley sink since there is
> "some"
> > > access there.
> > >
> > > Terry Neal
> > > Bozeman, MT
> > > 82PT40
> > > 74FC34
> > >
> > > ernieekberg@... wrote:
> > >
> > > > Will you have to make any modifications to allow the water to
> > > recirculate?
> > > > Ernie Ekberg
> > > > 83PT40
> > > > Livingston,Montana
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: Terry Neal
> > > > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
>
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 10:53 AM
> > > > Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Frozen pipes
> > > >
> > > > Same place mine froze too Ernie. Heat tape & PEX should fix it. I'm
> > > > going to add the circulating pump to my system too. If it's
> moving, it
> > > > won't freeze.
> > > >
> > > > Terry Neal
> > > > Bozeman, MT
> > > > 82PT40
> > > > 74FC34
> > > >
> > > > Ernest Ekberg wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I have found the weakest link to the frozen pipes saga. The
> water pipe
> > > > > run through the nightstand on the street side have been
> repaired many
> > > > > times due to the fact that there is no warm air circulating there.
> > > > > So, this is the area that needs most of the attention. I will
> repair
> > > > > all these runs with pex and add some heat tape.
> > > > > Ernie-83PT40
> > > > > Livingston, Mt
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>
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Messages In This Thread
Frozen pipes - Ernest Ekberg - 02-18-2007, 02:42
Frozen pipes - Terry Neal - 02-18-2007, 05:53
Frozen pipes - ernieekberg@...> - 02-18-2007, 05:59
Frozen pipes - Terry Neal - 02-18-2007, 06:10
Frozen pipes - Wilhelmus Schreurs - 02-18-2007, 06:20
Frozen pipes - ernieekberg@...> - 02-18-2007, 06:21
Frozen pipes - Terry Neal - 02-18-2007, 06:34
Frozen pipes - Terry Neal - 02-18-2007, 06:36
Frozen pipes - rwoodysurplus - 02-18-2007, 15:26
Frozen pipes - Terry Neal - 02-18-2007 17:17
Frozen pipes - David Heibult - 02-19-2007, 03:29
Frozen pipes - ernieekberg@...> - 02-19-2007, 08:32



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