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Ante Peros:
I have finally figured out how to set the thermostat in our coach but I'm never sure exactly what the temperature is...it never seems to turn off when - say - I set the AC on 70 degrees. How can I tell what the actual temperature is in the coach? Do I need a separate thermostat or temperature reader of some sort?

Joel Ashley:
Ante, please provide the model year of your coach, because heating systems varied over the years.  Besides replies from owners of similar rigs, you may get links to owners manuals, etc., that can help you learn.

You can certainly use a thermometer, as many of us do, to monitor room temp., just as anywhere else.  I use a large character digital clock/thermometer on a living area slideout sidewall that I can see from the galley or while watching the front TV from a sofa.  It included an outside sensor that I mounted protected under the front cap;  so I can read inside and outside temperatures as well as humidities on the one wall clock.

Joel

Steve Huber Co-Admin:
Ante,
If you have the fan set to on rather than auto on the thermostat, it will run continuously and sound like the heat/ac never turns off.
Steve

Ante Peros:
Thank you sooo much all. We have a 2008 Beaver Patriot Thunder Brandywine. This morning the heat and hot water are not working....we are still learning and I have no ideas as to what we are doing - keep thinking it is operator error. I've set the thermostat to furnace on all 4 zones and the temp to 70. It is running but blowing out cold air and there is no hot water. The aqua hot is about 1/4 full and all three buttons are on - AQ hot 110/AQ diesel/ AQ HI.  I've re-read the manual and turned everything off and have tried to follow the order in which it is explained - First turn on the AQ diesel - wait and then turn on the AQ110 and then AQ HI. We are waiting the 20-30 minutes to let it run. Fingers crossed.

Joel Ashley:
Ante, answering some questions may help us help you:

There should be a black panel on one wall of the bay that your AquaHot is in.  Are there any red LED's on its front?  All lamps there should be green when the unit is on.  If there is an issue with charging your coach batteries, a low battery lamp on the black panel may be on, and keeping your system inoperative.  Lithium batteries are a different sort of animal, and the electronics need to be set up correctly;  I'll leave that notion to others more familiar with them.

I might surmise a bad pump or mixing valve, but with neither coach heat at any outlet nor hot water, it sounds more like your burner is in need of service.  Do you keep your diesel fuel tank relatively full?  The generator and AquaHot fuel pickup tubes mount higher in the tank than the engine's tube, so you can always start the engine even after long camping stays. 

As long as fluid is up to the minimum line (when cold) on the small tank in that bay, and it's "Boiler" fluid, you shouldn't need to be adding any unless there's a leak somewhere.  Your engine has connections that circulate its coolant through the AquaHot, so do you have heat or hot water immediately after driving? 

-Joel
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