Turn on Alde with no water in HW tank

scaup
scaup Member Posts: 82
in Heating/Plumbing & Winterizing
Our T@B has been sitting for a while. The HW and main water tank had been drained. Prior to a trip we were planning I turned on the Alde to make sure it was working......without filling either tank. I turned the HW tank onto #2.

Did I damage the HW tank?

Thanks

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  • ScottG
    ScottG Administrator Posts: 5,686
    Nope!
    2015 T@B Max S (320)
    2015 Nissan Frontier SV V6 4x4
  • scaup
    scaup Member Posts: 82
    Phit Phew! Thanks.
  • Michigan_Mike
    Michigan_Mike Member Posts: 2,858
    Carry on!  😂👍🏻

    The glycol in your system heats up, heats the trailer interior and any water that is inside the Alde system.  Think of it as a thermos bottle of sorts, if water is inside the thermos and the system is turned on it heats whatever water is inside it via the heated Glycol circulating around it.  The system is designed to be run without water inside the trailers lines and you can heat the trailer without having water inside the lines.  All is good!  
    Mike - Elmira, Mi / 2019 T@B 400 / 2021 Chevy Silverado LTZ
  • ScottG
    ScottG Administrator Posts: 5,686
    To expand a bit, you can burn the electric heating elements out if you run them "dry" so your concern/question is not unreasonable. However, the elements are immersed in the glycol contained in the outer jacket of the Alde, not in the water contained in the internal HW tank. So long as there is glycol in the system (and there is no reason there shouldn't be) you can run either the electric or propane heaters with or without water in the tank. 
    2015 T@B Max S (320)
    2015 Nissan Frontier SV V6 4x4
  • scaup
    scaup Member Posts: 82
    Thanks again. Its great to have experts so easily at hand and for piece of mind.

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