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Originally Posted by RVermont
Those of you with the comfort model. Do you keep the unit in eco mode or comfort’. I am just wondering if keeping the unit in comfort significantly reduces the amount of water lost waiting for the faucet to get hot. In comfort mode the temp of the water in the unit is about 100’f. But in ecomode it can be as low as 45’f. But really would be the incoming water temperature.
I realize most of you are In the south but has anyone installed the electric freeze protection for the truma? Any thoughts on it?
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MarkS stated that he had 22 Mississippi before the water became warm on his basic. I counted 19 “1000” before mine became warm with the unit on comfort. I believe that I would have a p>0.05 and therefore I cannot state a statistically significant increase in the time to receive heated water at the shower. Furthermore, additional variables come into play such as his 70 degree weather and the fact that their was 8 inches of snow atop my Seneca during the test. Bluejay, I believe your sample size, N=1, will be statistically significant; DWs have a high degree of specificity. Lol!
I do notice this aspect of having it in comfort mode which was initially theoretical but has been proven to 8 degrees. Having it in comfort will keep the water lines in that area from freezing presumably because keeping the water in the unit at 104 degrees generates enough heat in that bay. Freeze protection was my primary goal in upgrading to comfort.
When we knew of the change on brand of H2O heater, I did some research and knew about all three levels of Truma. I contacted Jayco and was told that only the basic was utilized. He then promptly told me that a Seneca is not a 4 season RV (yes, enclosed heater water lines is used loosely; there is a 4 to 5 degree difference from ambient), and that I would need to take the Seneca to the dealer once a year (or more!) to have it descaled. Perhaps their goal in using the basic was to generate dealer revenue.
When you look at descaling a residential version of a tankless you require some mechanism of circulating an acid solution (usually vinegar) through the unit for roughly an hour. The addition of the comfort Truma adds the circulatory pump, thereby allowing you to descale. Looking at the plumbing, I don’t understand how the dealership will circulate anything through the basic Truma unit. Perhaps they have a device that exchanges with the filter screen.
Interestingly, when RVermont and I began looking at the prospects of upgrading the unit to comfort, even the local dealer did not know how to do the upgrade as these units had been so new. This makes me wonder how many dealers will be of little help when descaling time comes if you don’t have the comfort and what the cost will be from them. I must say that in the big picture of how much this RV has cost, the $20 is not too bad.
Back to the service center in Florida, I had been told that Truma was trying to start up this service center when I met the gentleman at the Truma booth in the Hershey RV show. I am guessing that when they made the offer of a parts-cost-only upgrade to comfort it was to help generate that business and get things going. From another post, it seams they are no longer offering this deal, but it will be cheaper than I had to pay for the upgrade.
Good enough for me!
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