Water heater removal

[Robert Britton]

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, dspithaler@a... wrote:
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I just talked to the folks at Bluebird about that today. They told
me that when they replace a water heater they always drill a hole
with a hole saw directly over the reset button, that way if it does
trip you dont have to remove the electrical cover to get to the
reset button, as it may be hard to get off after being installed.
My 87FC currently has a Seaward water heater and I have never had
to reset it due to high temps from the heat exchanger, or any other
resons for that matter.
On my 87FC the water heater is under the bed in the back and easy
to get to. When I install the new Seaward I will just drill the hole
and hope for the best.

Robert Britton
87FC
Tres Pinos Ca.


> Hi Kevin I put a Seaward water heater in mine two years ago
and it was
> the 1200 model . The coolant hoses came out of it from the front
as the one I
> took out came out of the back & I had to change the plumbing
around to suite
> it but it turned out good. I was wandering if you did anything
different on
> the wiring for a reset for the heater as I have seen some posting
on that. I
> have made two trips to AZ & one to FL & other short trips in the
last two years
> without any problems with the engine heating the water heater too
hot. Most
> of them in cooler weather. Being you installed the same name
heater I was
> wandering what you did?
> Don
> 89 SP 36'
> Butler, PA
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> I can't offer you much advice on the air line stuff, bust as far
as the
> coolant lines are concerned, I just put a pair of vice grips on
the hoses
> before
> I removed them from the water heater. This kept the coolant loss
to just
> what was in the hoses from where the hoses were pinched to where
they
> connected
> to the water heater.
>
> Just FYI, I bought a new heater from Seaward Products in
Whittier, CA,
> direct from the Mfg. It was almost a perfect fit replacement (I
think the
> original was an Atwood), and I gained an additional gallon
capacity in the
> same
> dimension heater.
>
> Good luck...it was my first "major" project on my BB when I
bought it over
> 4
> yrs ago, and gave me the confidence to tackle all of the other
projects
> since.
>
> Kevin McKeown
> Yorba Linda, CA
> 1986 38' PT
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