ert01
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- Edmonton, Alberta
I just bought the R&M kit:
http://www.hotcampshowers.com/vehicle_mounted_shower
And they say to plumb the exchanger in series with my heater core... but looking at the Helton kit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObvBa7kh54Q
They install their exchanger in parallel with the core. Both brands of exchangers are essentially the same design.
I would like to run mine in parallel so that I don't have to get in the cab and turn the heater setting to full hot before I have a shower... However I don't know enough about how our cooling system works to feel comfortable just to ignore the R&M instructions and to plumb it in parallel... if it's in parallel then other problems can arise. Lets say, for example, my heater core gets a little bit plugged in the summer so I go to use it in the winter. With the exchanger in parallel, then that would become the path of least resistance for my coolant and the coolant will go through there rather then my heater core. I could always put a ball valve in line with the exchanger I guess.
What about pressure? If it's in series, then my coolant pump wouldn't see any change in pressure in the system, but in parallel the pressure could drop. Is that a bad thing for it to drop a bit?
These are just a few of the things bouncing around in my head right now that I'd like to get figured out
Thanks!
Mark
http://www.hotcampshowers.com/vehicle_mounted_shower
And they say to plumb the exchanger in series with my heater core... but looking at the Helton kit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObvBa7kh54Q
They install their exchanger in parallel with the core. Both brands of exchangers are essentially the same design.
I would like to run mine in parallel so that I don't have to get in the cab and turn the heater setting to full hot before I have a shower... However I don't know enough about how our cooling system works to feel comfortable just to ignore the R&M instructions and to plumb it in parallel... if it's in parallel then other problems can arise. Lets say, for example, my heater core gets a little bit plugged in the summer so I go to use it in the winter. With the exchanger in parallel, then that would become the path of least resistance for my coolant and the coolant will go through there rather then my heater core. I could always put a ball valve in line with the exchanger I guess.
What about pressure? If it's in series, then my coolant pump wouldn't see any change in pressure in the system, but in parallel the pressure could drop. Is that a bad thing for it to drop a bit?
These are just a few of the things bouncing around in my head right now that I'd like to get figured out
Thanks!
Mark
