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| Paul Lawry (Dreamscape)
Registered Member Username: Dreamscape Post Number: 150 Registered: 5-2007 Posted From: 64.40.222.139 Rating: N/A |
Does anyone have experience installing a Proheat X45? I have downloaded all of the instructions from the net, looking for personal experiences, thoughts etc.. Thanks, Paul | ||
| Greg Roberts (Eagle 20) (Gregeagle20)
Registered Member Username: Gregeagle20 Post Number: 220 Registered: 4-2002 Posted From: 76.248.96.70 Rating: N/A |
I had one in a motor yacht and it was a great unit that used very little battery power. I only had one problem with the unit in the years I used it and that was a failed bushing on the atomizing air blower. The unit self diagnosed the problem and I ordered a blower and installed it in about an hour. I bought a used take out unit for my Eagle and I will install it in the next month or so. Since I live down in deep south Texas I have not been in a hurry to install it. Good luck! - Greg | ||
| Paul Lawry (Dreamscape)
Registered Member Username: Dreamscape Post Number: 151 Registered: 5-2007 Posted From: 64.40.222.139 Rating: N/A |
Greg, I live in Hawley, just north of Abilene. I'm not in a big hurry either to install mine. I got my used take out from the e place the other day. I just thought I would think ahead on the installation and ask questions. Right now I'm dealing with RUST and removed the front windshields. Not a pretty site. Let me know how your install goes and how you did it please. Good Luck to You also, Paul | ||
| George Myers (George_myers)
Registered Member Username: George_myers Post Number: 3 Registered: 10-2007 Posted From: 67.72.98.92 Rating: N/A |
If you install the radiators near the furnace with short tubing runs, the installation should be easy. I installed a Webasto in the very rear of my coach and have long runs to the front for the radiators. The circulating pump that came with the unit would not move enough water to keep the internal temperature of the furnace within specifications, and it shut down. Getting everything figured out and functioning was the worst job so far that I have done on any coach. I wrote up my trials and tribulations in "Bus Conversions Magazine" in the Jan, Mar, Apr, and June 2003 issues. The same information with additional details can be found in my book "Plumbing Systems for Coach Conversions | ||
| Paul Lawry (Dreamscape)
Registered Member Username: Dreamscape Post Number: 153 Registered: 5-2007 Posted From: 209.183.32.44 Rating: N/A |
George, Thanks for the information. I will look up those issues when I return home in a couple of weeks. For now I had thought about hooking into the coolant lines in the bay in front of the fuel tank. (Model 01 with four bay doors.) I think that is close to center. I will have to measure the runs from the front exchanger (by driver and co-pilot) to the bedroom in the rear and see how close it is. You make a very good point. Thanks, Paul | ||
| Don Evans (Doninwa)
Registered Member Username: Doninwa Post Number: 84 Registered: 1-2007 Posted From: 66.45.165.58 Rating: N/A |
Paul, Are you planning separate circuits for each zone or one loop for cabin heat? I was planning separate circuits until it was suggested that a much simpler way was to run one loop and control the fans in the heaters with thermostats. If one loop does it really matter much where in the loop you put the pump/boiler? I am putting the Proheat in the rear bay to be close to engine preheat loop and the main hot water and heating loop. I will use the engine preheat and hot water a lot more than cabin heat, at least I hope it tends to be warm where ever we land for most nights.  Don 4107 | ||
| George M. Todd (George_mc6)
Registered Member Username: George_mc6 Post Number: 275 Registered: 8-2006 Posted From: 76.168.69.233 Rating: N/A |
I'm not trying to be a wise ___, just injecting a thought. Myers' runs weren't too long, his pipe was too small! And/or the radius on his elbows was too short! ? Todd | ||
| joe padberg (Joemc7ab)
Registered Member Username: Joemc7ab Post Number: 149 Registered: 6-2004 Posted From: 66.38.159.33 Rating: N/A |
And it was run in series. Joe. | ||
| joe padberg (Joemc7ab)
Registered Member Username: Joemc7ab Post Number: 150 Registered: 6-2004 Posted From: 66.38.159.33 Rating: N/A |
Accessability was another problem that George Meyers had. If any changes are needed or wanted, that is one factor to keep in mind. There was a poster here a while back that used the information available on the Weil-Mclean website with good results. A bus is like a house, except smaller. A while back I bought a copy of the Hydronic Systems design manual, which was produced for the Canadian Hydronics Counsel by teca (Thermal environmental comfort association). Similar info is available on the net, but you have to dig for it. Joe. | ||
| George Myers (George_myers)
Registered Member Username: George_myers Post Number: 5 Registered: 10-2007 Posted From: 67.72.98.85 Rating: N/A |
Yes, my 3/4 ID line was too small for the length of the series runs. However, there is also a lot of narrow tubing, with many turns, in the radiators and heat exchangers. If I were doing it again, I would put them in parallel off big manifolds near the furnace. George Myers | ||
| Paul Lawry (Dreamscape)
Registered Member Username: Dreamscape Post Number: 154 Registered: 5-2007 Posted From: 166.129.96.135 Rating: N/A |
Don and others, I was planning to run one line and T off from that. Now George has brought up an idea of a manifold. I will have to do more research as I can see the need to keep them somewhat seperated so that the heat is more evenly distributed. Paul | ||
| Paul Lawry (Dreamscape)
Registered Member Username: Dreamscape Post Number: 191 Registered: 5-2007 Posted From: 64.40.222.139 Rating: N/A |
Where is the best location to install it, bays or where the old A/C compressor was next to the engine? My bays are getting full and I am concerned with with air intake for the burner. Is my thinking correct? If not please straighten me out. Thanks |