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Re: [GMCnet] Hot Water Heater [message #358800 is a reply to message #358794] Sat, 19 September 2020 18:23 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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We have an Atwood Hot water flow controller, it senses the heat at the tank
and supplies engine vacuum to shut it down when it reaches a set temp


On Sat, Sep 19, 2020 at 1:22 PM Steve Southworth via Gmclist <
gmclist@list.gmcnet.org> wrote:

> Samuel Ferguson wrote on Sat, 19 September 2020 11:51
>> Is there a way to regulate the temp for the hot water heater on a 76
> Palm Beach. Water is scalding hot!!! Not wanting to have change it out if I
>> do not need to....
>
> Was the water heated by the electric system or by the engine coolant loop
> through the water heater? If you had the engine running anytime in the
> previous few hours the water will be scalding hot. There is no easy way
> to control the engine heater loop. If was heated by the electrical element
> then the comments made by others are good.
>
> To solve this on our '74 I installed a thermostatic mixer valve in the hot
> water line.
>
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> 1974 Glacier TZE064V100150 (for workin on)
> 1975 Transmode TZE365V100394 (parts & spares)
> Palmyra WI
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