I have a Living Edge van now 2 and a half years old and with the onset of winter I had to wait till midday when things warmed up to get hot water. I removed the tempering valve from under the van so that hot water runs from the heater to the tap.
Any thoughts on this ?
Dougwe said
08:31 AM Aug 3, 2017
Hi Greg, I am not sure what sort of HWS you have but I currently have a Girrard instant continous flow HWS and have had no hot water since purchase November 2014. I have tried all the 'tricks' and had it to the supplier in Melbourne, all without success so have bit the bullet and will get it replaced with a Sunburban HWS in a couple of months.
PeterD said
05:30 PM Aug 3, 2017
I don't think the tempering valves are serviceable. You will have to replace it.
patrol03 said
06:30 PM Aug 3, 2017
I removed the tempering valve in our van because both the cook and I like piping hot water for showering and washing up. Our choice.
macka17 said
09:37 PM Aug 3, 2017
I've got a "hot-tap" on demand HWS.
Nice hot water as long as you don't turn it up full on water flow.
Quite a few camping parks use this one for their camp showers. Fairly reliable it seems.
Mine 2 ish yr old. Never missed a beat so far.
We have set by pool when not on van (Fitted externally)
Keato58 said
09:57 AM Aug 5, 2017
Greg that isn't right should heat up within about 15mins is it the same on both gas and 240v?
OutbackMK said
08:42 PM Aug 5, 2017
Sample some water into a bucket by lifting the blow-off valve and check the temperature, this is the best you will ever get. The tempering valve is a safety feature to prevent scalds to the young and "the elderly, we are talking nursing home fodder so don't rib me about this comment " my wife used to manage nursing homes.
If neither of the above protected species inhabit your van and the tempering valve is shot by-pass it!
Brian
Big Mal said
05:22 PM Aug 6, 2017
Have removed the tempering valve from both of my vans so we can have decent hot water and better pressure too boot....Both have had Suburban HWS and found them to be reliable and easy maintenance systems..............Your hWS should be hot in 15 mins so I think there's more to your hot water problems..
Greg9 said
09:32 PM Aug 6, 2017
I have a surburban, and yes I tested the hot water out of both the relief valve and the pipe to the tempering valve, and no matter whether it is gas or electric.
The tempering valve is sealed but would not allow hot water to pass before the outside temperature warmed up.
Removed it and binned it.
Hot water all day every day now.
adrian foley said
01:39 PM Aug 11, 2017
Check the hot inlet side of the tempering valve,there is generally a strainer/filter which can stop the supply of hot water through valve.If this is the case only cold water will be supplied through tempering valve.regards Adrian.
adrian foley said
01:42 PM Aug 11, 2017
could be the hot inlet strainer to the valve blocked up which would mean only cold water would flow through the valve.
I have a Living Edge van now 2 and a half years old and with the onset of winter I had to wait till midday when things warmed up to get hot water. I removed the tempering valve from under the van so that hot water runs from the heater to the tap.
Any thoughts on this ?
Nice hot water as long as you don't turn it up full on water flow.
Quite a few camping parks use this one for their camp showers. Fairly reliable it seems.
Mine 2 ish yr old. Never missed a beat so far.
We have set by pool when not on van (Fitted externally)
If neither of the above protected species inhabit your van and the tempering valve is shot by-pass it!
Brian
I have a surburban, and yes I tested the hot water out of both the relief valve and the pipe to the tempering valve, and no matter whether it is gas or electric.
The tempering valve is sealed but would not allow hot water to pass before the outside temperature warmed up.
Removed it and binned it.
Hot water all day every day now.
Check the hot inlet side of the tempering valve,there is generally a strainer/filter which can stop the supply of hot water through valve.If this is the case only cold water will be supplied through tempering valve.regards Adrian.
could be the hot inlet strainer to the valve blocked up which would mean only cold water would flow through the valve.