Water heater dump valve

[Campervanannie]

Ok so I dumped my water after my last trip out and today I tried to fill it but because it was cold every time I tried to put the pump on it started to dump again so how do you guys hold the little valve up until you have got the water and heater to a temperature that it stops dumping I know some of you put pegs on but I cannot reach mine to do this, I have however solved it with a fishing hook and a length of fishing line as my little dump valve has a hole in the side of it that I managed to get a fish hook looped through it and now all I have to do is pull the line tight tie it off on a hook on the wall and once it’s up to temperature slacken it off works a treat but it only took me 4 hours to sort it .??

 

[edina]

Think you can now class yourself as a heating specialist

 

[rayc]

so how do you guys hold the little valve up until you have got the water and heater to a temperature that it stops dumping

Personally I would run the heater on gas space heating only. Once the temperature in the MH was above 7 degrees it should be possible to reset the frost valve

 

[Campervanannie]

Personally I would run the heater on gas space heating only. Once the temperature in the MH was above 7 degrees it should be possible to reset the frost valve

Never thought of that I will try that next time ??

 

[Molly 3]

Yup mine dose that ? I drove to Herifofd with a full tank, turned a tap on, dropped the lot and a instant ice rink

 

[rayc]

An R clip around the dump valve stem will stop it dropping. Of course it will not dump unless you remove it.

 

[Tezza33]

As soon as you put the heating on you can close the dump valve, you don't have to wait for the temperature to get above 7deg

 

[Campervanannie]

As soon as you put the heating on you can close the dump valve, you don't have to wait for the temperature to get above 7deg

I tried that but it still dumped it I had to wait until it was about 10 deg.

 

[Tezza33]

I tried that but it still dumped it I had to wait until it was about 10 deg.

It worked that way on mine, I have had to do it a few times and each time it was instant, mine is a 2001 model so maybe they changed something

 

[Deleted member 127]

WARNING
If you run the heating with no water in the boiler
YOU MUST LET THE BOILER COOL DOWN

DO NOT RUN WATER INTO A COLD BOILER.

You risk damaging the boiler.

Wait 20 minutes for the boiler to cool and then fill with water.

 

[rayc]

WARNING
If you run the heating with no water in the boiler
YOU MUST LET THE BOILER COOL DOWN

DO NOT RUN WATER INTO A COLD BOILER.

You risk damaging the boiler.

Wait 20 minutes for the boiler to cool and then fill with water.

Do you actually mean DO NOT RUN WATER INTO A COLD BOILER? I always refill my boiler at ambient temperature.

 

[Campervanannie]

Do you actually mean DO NOT RUN WATER INTO A COLD BOILER? I always refill my boiler at ambient temperature.

I think he meant do not run cold water into a hot boiler typo I think.