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New kick heaters
Put new electric toe kick heaters in today the old ones where recalled in 2000, I can see why old ones could catch things on fire…they are great lint grabbers… Below you will see the old heater element, model number TK101
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this is the new model UC 101B…I installed three of them…I suggest if you have this old heater you install new ones! You can read more at this link… http://www.cpsc.gov//PageFiles/79434/cadet.pdf -
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Thanks Peter, I checked my toe heater in the salon and it was the old model that had never been replaced. It was full of lint and whatever. I have always used the Wabasto system side of the heating system and I’m glad I didn’t light this one up. Got 3 new replacement ones from toolfetch for $1530 each. Easy fix. The new ones still say to clean every 6 months. I think my bay heater is the same too, but it was pouring today. Peter, your posts are always great.
This community has so much great information in it. I have learned so much about my old coach just by reading everyone’s posts and then checking to see if mine could have the same issue.
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One of my little projects on the list is to deep clean around the toe kick heaters, I noticed a lot of lint….
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So Peter, if they were recalled in 2000 and you have a 2003 bus, how’d you get them???
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Karl it was in my1997 Royale I bought them I had 3 in my old bus the recall was over but they where the ones that where recalled I replaced them at my cost
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Just replaced both of mine for the same reason. The way they are positioned they couldn’t be in a better place to suck dust if you tried!
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The kick space heaters are like the air conditioning filters in that they should be part of a maintenance program. One thing I have learned about kick space heaters is they generally are equipped with two thermostats. The primary thermostat is to control heater and fan operation. The second is typically located above the heating element and it is a “safety” in that if the fan fails it will open the circuit to the heater. If that secondary thermostat fails closed the risk of a fire increases. I have learned to operate the heater until it reaches full operating temperature and cycles off. Then I listen carefully for the “click” of the second thermostat which opens the circuit. When the fan stops blowing the residual heat from the heating element is sufficient to open the circuit on the second thermostat. Hearing that click tells me the thermostat is functioning. Not the best way to check for an open circuit but better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick.
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