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10-29-2010, 04:41 PM
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Help -Two Questions on new 2011 Blue Ridge
Question #1. What and where is the "Attic Fan"?
Question #2. How do you start water heater on electric? I see a on/off switch in water heater enclosure, but is there another switch somewhere or is that it  ?
Thanks for the help
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10-29-2010, 05:18 PM
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The Old Man
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bailer6334
Question #2. How do you start water heater on electric? I see a on/off switch in water heater enclosure, but is there another switch somewhere or is that it ? |
Assuming you have a Suburban-brand water heater...yes, that tiny little switch is how you turn on the electric element. I couldn't believe it either.
My TT also has a switch inside on the control panel, but that is for GAS. When I'm on shore power I like to use electric so I can save my propane. I do turn on the gas when taking a shower because that seems to give me a few more minutes of hot water and yes you can have both gas and electric on at the same time.
My previous rig had a switch near the kitchen sink, so having only that one hard-to-get-to switch for electric bugged me a lot! So I added my own on/off switch inside the cabin:
http://www.forestriverforums.com/for...ight-9008.html
If you're reasonably handy, I would rate this mod as 3/5 difficulty at best.
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10-29-2010, 05:40 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bailer6334
Question #2. How do you start water heater on electric? I see a on/off switch in water heater enclosure, but is there another switch somewhere or is that it ?
Thanks for the help |
There'll be a breaker inside the control panel labelled 'water heater'. I turn the outside switch on at the start of the season and then use the breaker inside the control panel to turn it off and on.
You must have water in the water heater before you power up the electric element or you will burn it out.
Dave
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10-29-2010, 06:27 PM
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Thanks for the answers to Question #2. In my past rig I not only had a switch in the heater enclosure, but a rocker switch on the wall in the kitchen. Seems strange only the one switch to control the electric for the water heater.
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10-30-2010, 06:38 AM
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Site Team - Lou
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bailer6334
Thanks for the answers to Question #2. In my past rig I not only had a switch in the heater enclosure, but a rocker switch on the wall in the kitchen. Seems strange only the one switch to control the electric for the water heater.
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The lighted rocker switch controls DC for the propane heat to the water.
The small rocker switch OUTSIDE is for the 110 AC.
Times a MILLION - water in the water heater before you use the outside switch. Make sure it is OFF prior to winterizing.
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10-30-2010, 07:24 AM
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I undersatand the reasoning to use the electric but is there any reason that you have to us it. I am thinking about only using the gas, does anyone see a problem with this?
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10-30-2010, 07:42 AM
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Our old trailer only had gas, so that is all we use on the V-Lite. The only reason I seee to use it would be to save propane because if you are at a full service site you are paying for the power anyway. But is is absoultely not required to use the electric.
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10-30-2010, 02:04 PM
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Run mine on electric all the time. Never ran out of hot water. As soon as we are parked and connected I flip electric switch on and we have hot water within the hour. It could be a little more convenient to have a switch next to the propane switch but I guess this is as close as we get to "roughing" it.
Camped 53 nights this year and did not even use one full tank of propane.(bbq and propane campfire the odd time)
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10-31-2010, 12:10 PM
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Threegr8katz,
As The Sasks stated no problem running only on propane if thats what you want to do.
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10-31-2010, 11:30 PM
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Does it really have an attic? I see no one else tried to answer this for you so i just wondered if it has an attic. If it does it may be thermostatically controlled to turn on and off when needed like the ones in houses do
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11-01-2010, 08:10 AM
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Chevy02,
I don't know if it has an attic. In the FR brochure under "Standards & Options" in the "EXTERIOR" section it lists Attic Vent as a standard item. Never saw or heard of such a thing and just wondered if anyone else knew what this is.
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11-01-2010, 10:02 AM
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Yes our 2010 V lite has a (VENT) not a fan on the upper rear. Youroo!!
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11-01-2010, 11:18 PM
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That is strange i wonder what they are calling the attic.Sorry i am just as puzzled as you are i never heard that term in rv speak before.
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11-03-2010, 04:20 PM
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where is the switch located? mine doesn't have anything for the attic but it does have a temp controlled fan (fantastic fan?). could it possibly be artic pac?
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11-03-2010, 05:32 PM
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jimh,
I think you are mixing Q1 & Q2 together. There is no switch for the attic fan I can locate, and I don't have a fantastic fan in the rig. The switch question was about Q2 and the water heater.
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11-03-2010, 10:01 PM
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i thought the water heater had been covered quiet well. was thinking u saw something labeled attic fan. i now see u were asking abt one. thats why i was trying to see if there was something similar sounding.
the attic is venelated. if it is anything like mine, u will have a lot more plumbing type (round vents with caps) than u have sewer vents. that is the only venelation that i know abt. in all my years of owning trailers, neither of the two that i've examined have fans for the attic.
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