Aqua Hot Issue

[LaMonte Monnell]

Well, we just arrived home from a week at Rainbow Springs State Park. Lot of rain but still enjoyed it!

Aqua Hot did not seem to work with electric side but diesel was fine. Checked it out today with the manual in hand.

After opening the unit up I found the relay for high temp had the ground wire broken off, and the two orange wire terminal ends corroded badly.

Tried to pull these off but broke off in the relay. Redid all the terminal ends and have a new relay ordered. I hope that this will fix the electrical side and it will work correctly again.

[LaMonte Monnell]

Update on the aqua hot repair. replaced all the terminal ends on the four wires for the relay, ordered a new relay and an electrical element from Aquahot. Cleaned the area up and now awaiting the parts.

If you happen to see this Orman, does the electrical element just screw in to place? I'm sure I will find out when I get the new one.......

[Bill Sprague]

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If you happen to see this Orman, does the electrical element just screw in to place? I'm sure I will find out when I get the new one.......

Orman may want to add to this as I'm sure he has replaced more than I have.  I've done only one.

First you have to get the coolant out of it.  Mine does not have a drain like most.  I was advised to use one of the circulation pumps.  I adapted some tubing to size, aimed it toward a bucket and "grounded" the pump, causing it to run.  If I remember right, I got about 4 or 5 gallons out. 

Getting the element out required a large socket.  I discovered there are appropriate "plumbers" sockets next to the water heater elements in the water heater section at Lowe's.  I kept  a cheap shop vac handy to pick up any spills as I unscrewed the element.  It had been in place long enough that it took a little more force than I thought to get it out.