We are looking at getting a van with the old Alde 3000 heating system, what is it like running on the gas and does it take forever to heat up, is it very effective. Thanks
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As long as you have set "priority" to gasNow I understand how it works better , having had two services at Alde HQ and had a detailed explanation, we leave gas and electric on all the time, it will use either or both, only using gas if electric not performing well enough
Very good system, we have the 3010 but have upgraded controller to colour touch screen which was a game changer![]()
As long as you have set "priority" to gasI know you knew that David but just added it for the benefit of others.
I thought it would be in the menu on the colour controller, if not I think you are right that the system will default to electric if it has it available.Nope, didn’t know thatbut don’t think I have that option, mine is a lot older system than yours
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I thought it would be in the menu on the colour controller, if not I think you are right that the system will default to electric if it has it available.
Agreed, did on our FlairI am pretty sure Alde told me it would also bring in the gas as well as electric if not heating quickly , but as you say prioritise electric if available
A good system but not perfect and could have been so much better but that's a typical of leisure industry manufacturers.
Hello Ian,Can you expand on that a little?
Ian
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It would be better with a larger hot water storage
Also most people don’t know that you have to drain the hot water side regularly to maintain an expansion gap in the tank
Allen, when you say takes an age to warm up on gas, what are we talking half an hour or soI've got the older Alde 3000 system, works ok, takes an age to warm up on gas, more so on lekky. Good bit is that it works using mechanical sliding switches, not touch screens. Never let us down, and not complicated to run.
regards
Allen
Yes, on gas probably take about 30mins before the rads got quite warm...the pipe run nearest the boiler (in the washroom/loo would be too hot to touch), I've got the inline pump that canopus refers to, set at speed 2. I found that after about an hour I could switch from gas to leccy set at 1Kw.Allen, when you say takes an age to warm up on gas, what are we talking half an hour or so
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