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Took my Autocruise Starspirit to Aviemore at New year and the fresh water was freezing until I poured some hot water into it. The walls of the tank are about 1 inch thin so I assume insulated and it has an element heater in it.
On the way down a hill one of the two metal brackets that hold the tank to the chassis snapped. Managed to use my tow rope as a temporary repair. In stripping the tank out to get new brackets made I noticed the cables to the spade female connector of the heater may not having being making a proper connection and the male spades on the element were covered in rust anyway.
Anyway, before I rebuild it all I want to know if the element is thermostatic or not. It looks after market so nothing in the handbook. It has the following lines of text on the heater.
30 W 12 V (all understood)
NRXS0078
2610021
e1 337/29
So questions are
1) Does anyone have any information about the element or do I need to do a test in a bucket of ice water
2) Do you think I need to further insulate tank if I was to take the motorhome to an Alpine ski resort or would a working element be enough with this type of tank. I know I do need to sort the short length of exposed water pipe from the tank to inside the van.
Thanks in advance.
Jim
On the way down a hill one of the two metal brackets that hold the tank to the chassis snapped. Managed to use my tow rope as a temporary repair. In stripping the tank out to get new brackets made I noticed the cables to the spade female connector of the heater may not having being making a proper connection and the male spades on the element were covered in rust anyway.
Anyway, before I rebuild it all I want to know if the element is thermostatic or not. It looks after market so nothing in the handbook. It has the following lines of text on the heater.
30 W 12 V (all understood)
NRXS0078
2610021
e1 337/29
So questions are
1) Does anyone have any information about the element or do I need to do a test in a bucket of ice water
2) Do you think I need to further insulate tank if I was to take the motorhome to an Alpine ski resort or would a working element be enough with this type of tank. I know I do need to sort the short length of exposed water pipe from the tank to inside the van.
Thanks in advance.
Jim