M380 hot water

[Tom Warner]

John are you commenting on the older LXI or the M450 which I believe is
also designated as the LXI? I was told by an owner of a 2003 M450 at Ft.
Valley in February that his coach did not have the capability to heat hot
water other then the diesel. No electric element and no engine heating. I
was told that it was an option. I still wonder if the man was correct?

Tom
1982 FC35
\Vernon Center,NY

At 06:33 AM 6/1/2005 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi Jim,
>
>--- scoggins_jim <scoggins.j@...> wrote:
> > 04 M380
> >
> > How does one do
> > the hot water without having the whole hurricane
> > heating system on,
> > i.e. heating hot water with just electric without
> > burning diesel? I
> > thought I had it figured out by having two of the
> > hot water circuit
> > breakers on but was only able to get about 10
> > seconds of hot water.
>
> > How does LX/LXI do it?
>
> I would guess the M380 would be similar to the LXi.
>The LXi Aqua-Hot system electric portion has a circuit
>breaker in the main panel and a diesel master control
>switch on the dash (generally labeled "hydronic...").
>When the coach engine in not running, and all switches
>are on, electric is the primary heating source, next,
>diesel - meaning the diesel will fire to a certain
>temp (along with the elect) and the elect will "top it
>off," if necessary. Said another way, if hot water
>consumption reduces the temp below the elect temp
>maintenance level, the diesel unit will fire.
>
> During winter heating months, one way to reduce the
>chance of running out of hot water during a shower, is
>to use both diesel and elect to heat the water; and
>turn off the main coach heating control switch located
>in the kitchen wall thermostat. Trying to heat both
>the coach and the shower water for those few shower
>minutes using a 50,000 max BTU burner is "pushing
>string uphill."
>
>John Suter
>2000 LXi
>
>
>
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