[C320-list] Magical hot water heater?

[Andrew Santangelo]

Yes Martin - it is magic!  This is truly an amazing vessel!

Just think "Hot Water" and out comes the hot water!

;-)

Actually, your engine is also tied into the water heat system.  SO, if  
you run the engine you will also heat up the water in the hot water  
heater.  AND THE WATER WILL BE HOT!  Be careful.  The benefit is of  
course you can have hot water at a mooring and under sail.

Best Regards,
Andrew

C320 "Dawn Treader"
#333


On Aug 10, 2009, at 4:47 PM, Martin Bayly wrote:

> Still getting to know my 2005 C320 #1023.
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> One thing that is perplexing me is that we're getting hot water from  
> the hot
> water tap.
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> On the AC section of the instrument panel there is a breaker switch  
> labelled
> water heater, which I'm assuming operates an immersion style water  
> heater.
> However, I've never turned that on.
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> Yet, somehow we're still getting hot water.  We just spent a week on  
> her and
> were plugged in a fair bit, and also ran the engine a fair bit, so  
> is there
> some other mechanism by which the water in the heater gets heated?
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> We also have a dealer installed Eberspacher Hydronic cabin heater  
> system
> which seems to be a diesel run hot water heater attached to a  
> blower.  This
> system has a rotary thermostat on/off control and a separate hi/lo/off
> switch which I think operates the blower.  But I have not had that  
> turned on
> all week either so I don't think that has been heating the hot water.
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> Any ideas?
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> Thanks
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> Martin
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> Serendipity #1023
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