Too much hot water
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nelliethehooker replied on 23/03/2024 20:43
DavidKlyne replied on 23/03/2024 21:02
Posted on 23/03/2024 18:42 by MrsVI have a trauma heating system in my caravan and am out for the first time this year. My hot water is turned off on the heating control panel yet I have some very hot water coming out of the taps. Can anyone help me to turn off the hot water please?
Posted on 23/03/2024 21:02
Might need to know a bit more about the system you have and age? If you have a Truma set up with a CP panel the heating and hot water are separate. Is it possible the hot water has been left on by accident? Even on the old Truma systems (round dials and lights) it was possible to control heating and hot water separately.
David
TobyLeeds replied on 23/03/2024 21:07
Tinwheeler replied on 23/03/2024 21:09
SteveL replied on 23/03/2024 22:27
richardandros replied on 24/03/2024 05:14
Posted on 24/03/2024 05:14
We have the Truma Combi 6e in our van and I've noticed that regardless of whether the hot water is turned on, the water gets warm with just the heating on. It's particularly noticeable if you're running on gas - when it gets really hot relatively quickly.
I don't see it as a problem and don't understand why the OP wants to 'turn it off'?
What I will say, though - is that it's best to run the heating / hot water on gas whenever you can. I know to my cost that with, admittedly, fairly heavy usage of our van, the electric heating elements only last about two years and when they failed again this February - almost two years to the day after they were last changed - it cost me over £700 for them to be replaced.
Rufs replied on 24/03/2024 08:26
Posted on 24/03/2024 08:26
Wow!!!£700, cant beat the old system simple cylinder gas/electric, electric is just a simple element inside the water cylinder, ours failed in Spain a couple of years back 30 euros for engineer to replace, never used the gas, heating in caravan is via gas/electric fire blown air works just fine,
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Takethedogalong replied on 24/03/2024 10:26
Posted on 24/03/2024 10:26
Our Truma heating system in our MH, gas/electric is 22 years old. We have had MH 10 years now, never had a problem with heating or hot water. Work separately. As far as we know (got lots of paperwork about it’s previous life) it’s never had a problem. We use it for both heat and water, and use it daily as we often off grid.
Hope the OP gets their issue solved, and it’s not expensive.
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SteveL replied on 24/03/2024 10:53
Posted on 24/03/2024 08:26 by RufsWow!!!£700, cant beat the old system simple cylinder gas/electric, electric is just a simple element inside the water cylinder, ours failed in Spain a couple of years back 30 euros for engineer to replace, never used the gas, heating in caravan is via gas/electric fire blown air works just fine,
Posted on 24/03/2024 10:53
I agree, between Truma and van designers they have made things unnecessarily expensive. Truma will now only sell a complete heating unit, rather than the elements and Hymer saw fit to shoe horn our boiler into a position where it had to be removed to replace them. Ours lasted 4 years.☹️
DavidKlyne replied on 24/03/2024 11:46
Posted on 24/03/2024 11:46
I think the problem with costs is that Truma only supply the complete heating cassette and no longer the elements. (I understand these can be obtained by third party suppliers but that is always likely to be a risk?) Truma in Derby will actually carry out the work if its easier than going to a dealer.
I am trying to visualise the system mentioned by TDA. If I recall the was a stand alone heater, including fan and a separate boiler, not unlike the current Combi but without the blown air connections. Before that it seemed to be just a Carver convector heater and a Cascade boiler for hot water. I think Carver was taken over by Truma.
David
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