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Ha I meant to post the same link. That's what happens when you post before coffee. Lucky for me they put the Aquahot next to the edge of the bay with the cord reel and electronic for both. easy service except for the diesel filter and antifreeze fluid reservoir is up high. The cable for tv is in there too.

Service don't look hard at all. You can find the manuals here for all models.

I looked up the manual and got some answers. The Aqua-Hot System is powered by TribridHot™ technology and uses one or a combination of the following sources: 1. The 120 Volt-AC Electric Element: When plugged into shore power, the electric element lets you use the power you are already paying for to provide heat and meet your light duty hot water needs. 2. The Diesel Burner: This is the Aqua-Hot’s most powerful heat source and provides all of heating and hot water needs in cold temperatures or dry camping. 3. The Vehicle’s Engine: When driving or idling, the engines surplus heat is transferred to the Aqua-Hot providing interior heat and limited hot water without burning any other fuel. Tempering Valve The Tempering Valve for the Aqua-Hot mixes the heated domestic water from the boiler tank with cold domestic water at the present ratio to reduce the risk of scalding. This valve is located in the back of the Aqua-Hot unit. Reference page 7 (part #19). To locate the Tempering Valve, remove the access cover page 7 (part #4) and then the thermostat access cover located above the burner. Reference page 7 (part # 19). The pink paint witness mark verifies that the Aqua-Hot is set at the correct factory setting and did not get tampered with during shipping or installation. Verify that the Tempering Valve is set at the proper temperature by using a digital thermometer at one of the hot water faucets. The water temperature should range between 115°F to 123°F. If the correct temperature cannot be set, please contact Aqua-Hot Heating Systems Technical Support Department at 1-800-685-4298 for additional assistance or visit our web site at www.aquahot.com

I checked like I said I would and found I can set the temperature with the Aquahot on without electric or diesel and it should work for both hot water and heat while driving. If I don't need the heat on should I still have hot water?

Let me be sure I got this right. While the engine is running and you are driving the coolant circulates through the Aquahot and give you heat and hot water. All I have to do is turn on the thermostat if I want heat. I have to check those setting tomorrow.

Thanks for the tips, what I gather from it is I can run engine preheat 1 hour before start and have hot water to wash hands while traveling. When I get to campground and on shore power it will be good to switch to electric. If we all want long showers run both diesel and electric. We are going to use for first time this Friday through Monday to Ocean City, WA beach 4 hour drive each way.

I have a question about the Aquahot 450D. If I just want hot water and not run any other zones, do I just turn the diesel burner on or do I also have to switch on engine preheat? Also after engine preheat does the engine keep the hot water hot?

I looked at the manual again and on page 10 they show how to do custom programming. DIP Switch 4 – Custom Setpoints If the standard battery type settings are not suitable, custom charging setpoints can be programmed using a PC and a Morningstar Serial to Meterbus adapter (not included). See Morningstar’s website for more information. DIP Switch 4 OFF: Factory settings (factory pre-set) DIP Switch 4 ON: Custom programmed settings

Check your chassis battery voltage and see if they are low.

What Herman says I do for my 2012 and works fine. If you have the 2 wheel drive model its not towable 4 down.

Link to remote meter https://2n1s7w3qw84d2ysnx3ia2bct-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/SSD.IOM_.Remote_Meter_Manual.01.EN_.pdf I just learned the three battery symbols are as following. left green light, fully charge middle yellow light, low on charge right red light, discharged

I don't know but I have the link to the controller and looks like set by dip switches. Page 9 shows charge rate. https://2n1s7w3qw84d2ysnx3ia2bct-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/MS-ZMAN-SSD01-D1.pdf

To add to the ledger the connection is as follows The two larger leads are input and has a picture of the sun. Must be input from solar panels. The left leads are marked Battery 1, they must be the house batteries The right leads are marked Battery 2, they must be chassis batteries The two smaller leads are Remote Temperature. I don't know what set of batteries. In all it appears to be charging 6 batteries, 2x 31 chassis flooded batteries and 4x L16 AGM batteries. The 13.7 volts are from the solar panels and not anything to do with the inverter/chargers when they are plugged in to shore power or generator running. I'm just learning about this so if somebody knows this system let me know. Was hard to see in picture but the far lower right is the remote connection.

I took the time to snap a couple of pictures of the solar readout and controller. This appears to show 13.7 charge voltage and have switch buttons that I don't know what it do or mean. This is to show that the controller is mounted upside down. Looking at the dip switches on the controller Batt 1 is set for sealed batteries Batt 2 is set for flooded batteries Priority is set to 90/10 90 being house and 10 chassis, taking my guess putting 1 and 2 together Custom settings are off PWM charging is on, I don't know what that is. The green charging light is on and the temperature light is blue which I think is good. Can somebody tell me more about this?

I need to take pictures of the solar inside LCD panel and and controller in basement so someone can tell me what they do.

With them mounted in the basement on the ceiling, they are out of the way of cargo. Also it helps the aquahot heat the basement.

Those pictures I took is from me laying on my back with the inverters and bridge mounted upside down middle ceiling. I had a hard time getting back out and thought about taking a nap in there.

It also has a couple of solar cells on the roof and a readout over the front door that connect to a controller at the 4th cargo bay on the right. I have no idea how any of it works.

Someone asked me about the batteries and inverters on new coach so I crawled inside the basement and took some pictures. I have 2 Hybrid Magna Sine 3000 watts inverters. They are connected to by a bridge controller and have 4x L16 AGM batteries. I didn't get a pictures of the batteries as they are tuck in the back middle between fresh and sewers tanks with walls panels hiding them. If I ever have to get them batteries serviced I would have to hire a small strong monkey to do it.

That got fixed, loose connection in the dash.

We got it back Thursday with many things fixed and others waiting on parts. When we got it back we had a new problem that happen during a recall. Going through the list of all that was done, one item was to tighten the discharge clamp on the rear macerator toilet. They did that but didn't check the operation afterwards. The water level lockout light was red which require you to hold the flush button at least 10 seconds. I could imagine what my wife would say the first time she had to do that, I called the factory which had me flush the black tank three times that never been used. Nope that didn't fix it and no way to see the level pads on the side of the tank. So finally with their permission I unscrew the toilet from the floor and and slid it away from the plumbing box. Sure enough a wire for the high level that came out of a butt connector. As soon as I repair that wire I got a green water level indicator. DW should be happy now.

When you press flush and hear clicking verify you have 12v going out from the blue wire. Sea pump output.

I would not put any bike close in the path of 180 F air flow and expect it to last long.

Short run no, long run you bet.

I wonder if I can get a refund for unused part of GS? I just got 3 free years of Coach-Net from Entegra Coach.