Hydro-Hot systems

[Mike Hohnstein]

Your chassis heat system is the basis of a hot water system, just add a diesel
boiler and replace fans with those new fangled "computer" fans and you have a
usable system.
I have used the Pro heat diesel boiler in my custom toter home and my FC. I
would not abandon the electric or LP heaters myself as I like the back up
systems.
Pro Heat has a web site, I paid $1200 for the X 45 that is the "bus" application
heater. I shopped the Hydrohot and Webasto products, old sayin' Bucks or BS. I
don't mind a little BS.
In the FC, we use the electric heat most of the time as we like to stay at
commercial camp grounds. Dry camping is getting costly if ones wants to use
diesel to heat the interior.
I really like the fact that I never have to start my engine cold, one of the
best features of the boiler. It takes about a half hour from cold to showing
movement on the heat gage.
The FC is in dry dock for the next 5 or 6 months, the chassis heat is on the
agenda for serious flushing and a look at the routing of the supply lines. The
floor plan is rear bath, the water heater is located in the road side rear
corner and the chassis heater for the bath is located under the sink. The bath
heater becomes effective first on a warm up cycle the dinette heater next then
the solon. The solon heater doesn't work well unless the bus is under way, I
need to find what is up with the flow, I think something might have been bolixed
up by a past owner as the rubber hose on the underside has been replaced with
silicon hose. My winter/summer sporlan doesn't shut off the flow to the dinette
heater as an example. I'm confident that the oem chassis heat has the potential
to successfully warm the coach interior when camping, time will tell in my case.
Mike Hohnstein
Germantown, WI
83FC35
----- Original Message -----
From: pt40wl1
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2005 12:22 AM
Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Hydro-Hot systems


As part of the refurb on my '84 PT40WL, I am considering removing
all the propane heat, refrigerator, hot water heater and cooktop
systems along with the electric heaters throughout the coach and
installing the hydro-Hot system.

This would free up some space, remove a lot of weight and electric
circuits as well as provide updated heat for the coach.

The deeper I get into this project the more I realize the massive
nature of the Blue Bird coach. This baby is like a tank.
Everything is super-duty in design and function. I had wanted one
since I was a young pup and the local millionaire brought one out to
the airport where I was washing planes to pay for flight lessons.
What a neat motorcoach.

What are your opinions on this conversion. The Hydro-Hot is about
$5,500. As a retired ATP and long time A&P and IA I have dertainly
have the time, the tools, the shop and the ability to do the
conversion. Just looking for wiser heads to input their thoughts on
this. Thanks,

Roger Sadler
Little Rock, '84PT40WL





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