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(someone let me know it I am asking to many questions) As I have mentioned I am a new caravan owner.

I tried the hot water system in the new van for the first time yesterday, the external cover/vent gets extremely hot, you wouldn't think about touching it and the heat that hits the side of the van above the vent is also extreme. Is this normal?

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What brand of HWS?
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I know it may sound silly but did you check that the hot water system is full of water

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Mine gets quite hot too. I presume you have taken the cover off the vent.



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Thanks Guys, it is a swift brand. And no that was not a silly question that would be easy to do, I ran the hot water tap with the pump on for several minutes to make sure the tank was full.

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I don't have a cover that I am aware of, when you say quite hot do you mean to hot to even think about touching? mine is that hot if you touched it we are talking blisters.
I know it is hard to compare looking forward to your reply, thanks for your help.

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Yes, the door /cover will get quite hot.
They are far from 100% efficient, & the waste heat has to pass through the vents in the door, & the door itself is exposed to that heat.

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Thanks if this is normal I won't worry about it.

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not so grey nomads wrote:

Thanks Guys, it is a swift brand. And no that was not a silly question that would be easy to do, I ran the hot water tap with the pump on for several minutes to make sure the tank was full.

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 Check via the hot water system release valve is full, there has to be one attach to the hot water system close by.

Our caravan has a Tumura system, the vale is outside directly under the hot water tank, we check and bleed the air out occasionally to be sure.



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We have a swift hot water system and ours has two vents ,and it just gets a little warm on one of them nothing at all to worry about ,its a great system that a lot of caravan manufacturers are now fitting ,stainless steel tank,we have had ours now for three years .



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The cover on our HWS has a sign on it: "WARNING - HOT WHEN IN USE." I have seen the same sign on other vans.

So, obviously, the cover is meant to get hot!

Murray

 



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Thanks guys, Radar I just ran some water through the relief valve just to make sure thanks. There is no sign on mine I was just surprised mine gets fry pan hot.
Thanks again for putting my mind at ease.

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