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Title: water heater bust
Post by: dave f on January 04, 2015, 12:14:32 pm

been on holiday and found my heater had burst its a fog wash which ive had for a few years  any body recomend a heater 

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Post by: LWC on January 04, 2015, 12:25:18 pm

A lot of heaters have gone this time round aint they! Hope mines ok   :(

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Post by: P @ F on January 04, 2015, 12:40:45 pm

My L5 froze solid but i got lucky and nothing was damaged.

Rich

If it did break i would get the same again , mine is 4 years old now.

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Post by: Richard ham on January 04, 2015, 12:44:55 pm

My heater and pumps fine, no problems.

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Post by: LWC on January 04, 2015, 12:51:13 pm

I stripped my van out before xmas to give it a good dry out and clean, put system back but havent put heater back, gonna go in my new van...if it still works lol

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Post by: Dave Willis on January 04, 2015, 12:52:05 pm

Mine seems ok. Still full of water from December 24th.

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Post by: dazmond on January 04, 2015, 01:36:04 pm

I've just took mine apart.the gasket/pressure valve nut on cold inlet was loose and a few other nuts and bolts.no sign of damage.so tightened them all up.gonna try it again sometime. Probably next weekend now as taking the dog for a walk in the park with missus soon and my vans at my flat.

I hope my pumps not frozen now as left it in the van all night with no heater(-2 last night)

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Post by: dave f on January 04, 2015, 05:02:06 pm

who dose em been having a look on ebay but they seem to 10l or 12l

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Post by: Jonny 87 on January 04, 2015, 05:05:03 pm

Quote from: dave f on January 04, 2015, 05:02:06 pm

who dose em been having a look on ebay but they seem to 10l or 12l

Corwoods ez heat.

It's a modified ecotemp l5 but I'm well impressed with mine. No cut off after 20 minutes too.

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Post by: dave f on January 04, 2015, 06:31:13 pm

that looks ok what others are they ive been searching but that corwoods is looking favourate at the moment

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Post by: kempy on January 04, 2015, 08:57:30 pm

Mine works after 2 weeks of no van use . I didn't protect anything .

But I've put oil filled radiator in tonight

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Post by: dave f on January 10, 2015, 09:13:01 am

well ive done open heart surgery on my fog wash boiler and discoverd why it was leaking .its a rubber diaphram gasket which sits in a brass thingy its the one which you drain the water dont know what its called. or where to get one. the name on the inside is vantage tried to find it but no luck any body got any ideas.its a shame tio bin it,

Title: Re: water heater bust
Post by: Dave Willis on January 10, 2015, 09:17:43 am

Don't bin it - I'll pay the postage.

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Post by: dave f on January 10, 2015, 12:32:00 pm

im gonna seee a pal who is an heating enginner to see if he can source a part first

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Post by: DaveG on January 10, 2015, 12:37:15 pm

I've bought spares from here before

http://www.eccotempuk.com/index.php/

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Post by: dave f on January 10, 2015, 12:55:36 pm

do they have a parts page cant seem to find it

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Post by: DaveG on January 10, 2015, 01:33:56 pm

The last time I needed something I emailed them and they sent me a price

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Post by: Dave Willis on January 10, 2015, 03:26:42 pm

There is a way around it - probably cost nothing at all.  ;)

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Post by: dave f on January 10, 2015, 04:13:28 pm

it aint a gasket its a rubber diaphram cover and it sits in a grove