Mountain Aire34
Greenlawn, NY 11740
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Are Hydronic Zone Heating systems prone to leaks? Do they
require a special fluid? Does that fluid have a life and require
changing over a specific time period?
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Lug_Nut
Newmarket , Ontario, Canada
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Mountain Aire34 wrote:Are Hydronic Zone Heating systems prone to leaks? Do they
require a special fluid? Does that fluid have a life and require
changing over a specific time period?
No they are not prone to leaking. Some people have experienced a leak, generally the cause was not that of the Hydro Hot, but the plumbing within the coach. Most have no issues.
They require PG boiler type glycol which is expensive, say $30 a gallon or so.
I do not know if boiler glycol has a life span or what it may be.
'07 Newmar Essex 45' ISM 500 4 slides
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cRackedHead
San Antonio,tx
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Vehicle Systems(Aqua Hot) requires Camco boiler ant-freeze, which you can find for 12-15 dollars a gallon.
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BigRigRVing
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Ditto, we love ours and will never own another coach without one. We had our serviced and new electric element put in it yesterday, and I ask the question about fluid change/life span, I got a blank stare and uh!
Gary & Cheryl and our chocolate lab named Caddy
2005 Newmar Mountain Aire 4304 w/ Blue-Ox Sports Lift
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RTJ49
Beltsville, MD 20705
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Hi Mountain Aire34,
We have never had a leak. Previous owner had none. This Aqua-Hot is going on eleven years. We have had it the last five years. They require a once yearly fuel nozzle, filter replacement, and check-up. We love the Aqua-Hot. Will always have this type system.
RTJ49
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Jack&Debra
Dumas, TX
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We are currently dry docking in Denver. Two nights ago had a low of 7 degrees. Our Aqua Hot continues to provide very nice coach heat, basement heat, and engine preheat before we fire up to leave. No leaks. This unit is so dependable.
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Mountain Aire34
Greenlawn, NY 11740
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Thanks again to all who responded. Narrowing moho search with
all info to all posts I have made in past. Once again THANKS TO ALL.
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sharbra
Nevada
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An additional benefit of hydronic heating, is you have full coach heat while traveling without having to run the generator.
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Ames
South Central Florida
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Specifications are available at Aqua Hot
We have had two very minor leaks in 10 years and it was a connection fault and a $4 radiator cap that needed replacement.
They changed coolant requirements a few years ago from green anti-freeze to the pink stuff.
Richard and Babs and a Bob Tail Cat
97 Beaver Patriot 40 Kitchen Slide
330 HP Member FMCA, BAC, Good Sam, CAT RV Club
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