At one of our Lone Star Bird rallies, someone had their bath baseboard
heater out and they were adjusting the cycle time. does anyone remember
how that is accomplished. My heater will come on for 20 seconds and
then turn off. Kinda cool in there these days. I have supplemented the
heater with a ceramic heater, but would like to get the original
working longer. Thanks, Ernie-83pt 40 in louisiana
Ernie,
Just got done working on mine which had the same problems. Mine was a
Marvin brand and had an adjustmnt screw inside the thermostat. I was able
to tuen the screw in a few turns and the heater now stays on a little
longer. The little adjustment set screw is held in with something like
LokTite and is a real bugger to get to where it will turn. Ended up using
some liquid wrench on it to get it free. I'll see you at the rally and can
go over this some more if you have the same kind of heater.
Chet Geist
1981 FC33, Austin, Texas
Original Message:
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From: Ernest Ekberg erniecarpet@...
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 22:19:39 +0000
To:
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Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Electric heater adjustment
At one of our Lone Star Bird rallies, someone had their bath baseboard
heater out and they were adjusting the cycle time. does anyone remember
how that is accomplished. My heater will come on for 20 seconds and
then turn off. Kinda cool in there these days. I have supplemented the
heater with a ceramic heater, but would like to get the original
working longer. Thanks, Ernie-83pt 40 in louisiana
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Thanks, Chet- will try that adjustment. Ernie-83pt40 in Louisiana
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There is an allen-wrench adjustable set-screw in the original
thermostat. Don't go too far or you can overheat the heater. If it is
the vertical one in the galley, turn it over so that the thermostat
is at the bottom for longer cycles.
Cleaning/vacuuming the heater and blower when it's out will help, the
blower draws air over the thermostat bulb and needs decent airflow.
- Jeff Miller
in Holland, MI
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WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Ernest Ekberg"
wrote:
>
> At one of our Lone Star Bird rallies, someone had their bath
baseboard
> heater out and they were adjusting the cycle time. does anyone
remember
> how that is accomplished. My heater will come on for 20 seconds and
> then turn off. Kinda cool in there these days. I have supplemented
the
> heater with a ceramic heater, but would like to get the original
> working longer. Thanks, Ernie-83pt 40 in louisiana
>