HOW MUCH? New Combi heater needed...

The Truma is a good unit and heats quick but just pay attention to what they tell you about moving from gas to electric and vice versa.

It's quite temperamental and does throw up error codes quite a lot if you are switching between sources.
 
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Heat, hot water and comfort are three things we value more and more as we get older

Money is a commodity which is less and less important as we get older

Do it JJ As after the first hot shower, stepping out into a toasty warm van will give you far more satisfaction than sitting cold, shivering and smelly looking at your bank balance with three grand more in it.

Some people know the cost of everything, the value of nothing!
 
JJ said:
Latest Update...

Just sent €3019.90 to the Man simply by pressing some "buttons" on my phone.

Normally 10 working days until he receives the heater...


JJ :cool:
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You paid in full before he even starts, not good good financially.

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Latest Update.

My brand new heater/boiler has been delivered to Camping-Technic in Silves and is due to be fitted on Tuesday Oct 22.

I was very surprised three days ago when the old system fired up again and I got hot water for a shower and the van was all cuddly warm.

For a little while I thought Sod's Law had fixed the old unit and the new one would be surplus to requirements but no, next day it refused to fire up again and hasn't worked since.

I am getting excited about the new boiler as it will work on electricity as well as gas and apparently can be controlled by an app on my phone whilst I am in bed.

Now that makes it worth the money in my book!


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Swapped my old unit out a few years ago was also a tight spot but took my time just checked everything multiple times bonus is now I have electric water heater
 
Had exactly the same job done earlier in the year at a cost of circa £2,000 (it was part of another job so can't be precise) albeit of course it was in the UK. Happy because I now have reliable heating.
Just a note JJ to use it with an app it needs an addon electric controller thingy which is very expensive (I didn't go for it!) - unless of course your system comes with it included in which case your costing looks about right.
 
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Just a note @JJ to use it with an app it needs an addon electric controller thingy which is very expensive (I didn't go for it!) - unless of course your system comes with it included in which case your costing looks about right
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I am led to believe that this unit will be able to be controlled via Bluetooth on my phone...

Watching Ingo doing the work has increased my knowledge of the system immensely. I am well pleased to discover that my bed has it's own dedicated blown hot air pipe around it... cuddly or what!

JJ :cool:

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Pity the parts didn't arrive until after we left Portugal but I'm happy it's nearing completion as I'm sure I got a whiff of you yesterday here in Spain 😁
 
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Pity the parts didn't arrive until after we left Portugal but I'm happy it's nearing completion as I'm sure I got a whiff of you yesterday here in Spain 😁
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Yep... I am definitely pretty (very) smelly... and boy how I will enjoy that first hot shower.

(Congrats on being top of the league.)


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Jabstatt said:
Sounds about right!
I had a new one maybe five years ago and it was £2500.

If you are handy, how about a Chinese diesel water heater?
Best of many worlds. Or mega Solar?

Sold camper vans for 25 years. We had a go with fitting Chinese diesel heaters and the result was a disaster. We had to replace most of them with a Russian brand which was a little bit more expensive but much more reliable. Webasto etc were a ridiculous price.
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Getting exciting now... boiler tank has been filled... still no leaks (!)...

Mains electricity and 12volt to do now...

Hot air pipes (new) all fitted.

I have been told by "The Man" I will able to have a hot shower today... Get in there!

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eddie said:
Heat, hot water and comfort are three things we value more and more as we get older

Money is a commodity which is less and less important as we get older

Do it JJ As after the first hot shower, stepping out into a toasty warm van will give you far more satisfaction than sitting cold, shivering and smelly looking at your bank balance with three grand more in it.

Some people know the cost of everything, the value of nothing!
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Probably one of the wisest and most insightful posts ever put on a thread of mine. A man who knows far more about life than simply wiring up gizmos to motorhomes...

Thanks so much eddie for posting it.

I've just down loaded the updates for the Truma app and all seems good.

Hot water 100% but can't test heating because the sun is blazing in at the moment.

Soon to have a smell busting hot shower.

More later...

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JJ said:
Sadly a very, very, disappointing start to my day...

New boiler doesn't work.

Displaying same faults as old one...

Maybe I've made an expensive mistake!!!

Back to Silves (from Pego da Altar) I guess...

Still smelly.

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I'm at Silves at the mo.
 
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JJ said:
Sadly a very, very, disappointing start to my day...

New boiler doesn't work.

Displaying same faults as old one...

Maybe I've made an expensive mistake!!!

Back to Silves (from Pego da Altar) I guess...

Still smelly.

JJ :cool:
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Maybe not too big an issue. They can be temperamental, especially after first fitting. (see post #31)

Are you plugged in?
 
Just got back to Silves and parked outside Parque do Rio site.

Ingo is on his way after lunch.

We both have decided it must be a partially blocked regulator...

Fingers still crossed... body still smelly!

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JJ said:
Latest Update...

Just sent €3019.90 to the Man simply by pressing some "buttons" on my phone.

Normally 10 working days until he receives the heater...


JJ :cool:
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You know it should have made sense. However, it now seems parts have been thrown at the problem rather than doing a proper diagnosis. (I first replied before the latest update, hence the edit).
 
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