m380

[John Suter]

Hi Tom,

What little I personally observed about the early
M380's indicated Ft Valley eliminated/reduced many
standard items/features as compared to previous LXi's,
with the "saving grace" that they also moderated the
price; so any other changes wouldn't surprise me one
bit.

As for M450, I thought there was no longer any such
model and they had gone back to the LXI/LX
designations and most features, along with recent
price increase, but I could be wrong.

We spent Mon night and yesterday at the Bird's nest,
but little was happening except a couple of owners
getting service and numerous seated busses in the
parking lot.

John
2000LXi


--- Tom Warner wrote:

> 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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