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Aqua Hot Elec heating failure
During my last camping trip over the 4 July holiday we were at Jetty Park campground at Port Canaveral, Fl. We had full hookups with 50 Amp power so we used the electric heating element on the Aqua Hot to make hot water. After 2 or 3 days the water got cold. So I started trouble shooting and this is what I found.
The post meleted off of the “Thermostat, VAC High-Limit, 230°F, White Dot, AH”
Part number: ELE-254-010 , Item # 99 in the diagram below.
Cost was about $33.00I really do not know what caused the problem, but I have 2 guesses.1. The part failed due to age and overheated.
2. The campground had very high voltage all weekend, usally from 124 to 127 Volts. I do not know if that contributed to the failure.
There is a real nice web site now for Aqua Hot that I ordered a repaclement part from. The site has a large selection of manuals and I was able to download all the information I needed to find the problem and get the right part number.
http://www.aquahot.com/Default.aspx
http://www.aquahot.com/Library.aspx
http://secure.aquahot.com/eSource/default.aspx?store=&page=
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5 Replies
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Thanks for the Aqua-Hot resource Andre. Maybe the campground power deal also caused this failure as well as your GFCI issue.
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My money is on a loose connection or resistance at the terminal. It is NOT a high voltage issue.
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That’s what I meant when referring to a possible neutral problem, not high voltage. I’m like you, 125 volts would be happy time.
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Im getting concerned with this happy dance stuff. Recently saw a comercial for a hotel with a guy doing his happy dance. Im hoping you dont start doing it.
On to the problem. Agree with Jon, it was a loose wire on the high temp cut out or the crimp were the spade was attached to the wire was lose. No way could it be caused by high voltage.
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Thanks to everyone for your replies. It looks like the likely culprit was a loose connection at the screw. The crimp on the spade connector was tight. The screw was melted so bad I could not really determine if it was loose before it had melted. While I had it apart I checked all the other connections and they where all tight.
I have to admit that I never even considered that 124-127 volts was normal. I do not ever remember seeing more then 118 volts in any campground I have ever been in. At home it is a steady 116 volts.
As far as the GFCI tripping, I suspected that it was a ground problem at the camp ground power connection, but wanted to check the operation of the washer and dryer at home to make sure it wasn’t some issue with my shore power cord or transfer switch. So I guess if it ever happens again I will know what to complain about to the campground.
thanks again.
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