Alde 3010 214

Brooky

Can someone tell me what settings for Electric heat only ? Don’t want hot water.

Grumpy_G

It doesn't have a setting for heat only. In the Alde design the water gets heated when the glycol heats up regardless if you need hot water. The setting for water only (J) still heats up the glycol but the pump to circulate the glycol is turned off. The only way to not have hot water is to have no water at all. 

Denny16

Yes, hot water is a byproduct of heating up the TaB, no wasted energy here…
cheers

[Deleted User]

And also helpful to understand,  you do not need to have water in the system to use the heat. Just be sure if winterized that antifreeze was not allowed to go into the Alde. If not, then you are ok to run the heat.  

MuttonChops

@Brooky ;
As others have noted if there is water in the system then the Alde will heat it.  There is no impact on the cabin heat, if switches are set correctly, by also having hot water available.  If your trailer is winterized (no water in the system) that is Okay as Alde is designed to operate while winterized.

For the Control Panel Setting you requested:

Notes {edit}:
  -  'D' is for 30A shore power,  use 'B or C' if trailer is connected to you
           house 15/20A outlet.
  -  ' L'  mid-point between 3 & 4 should be around 72F cabin temperature.

Edit:  As noted by @Sharon_is_SAM (below) my initial post had an error.
         Analog Panel Instructions from 3010 manual say:

Sharon_is_SAM

Someone correct me if I am wrong.

B or C operates a single heating element, D operates both heating elements.

You can safely run the Alde on B or C plugged into a 15A household outlet, but you need a 20A household outlet to run the Alde on D (both heating elements).  If you run the Alde on D via a 20A outlet, don’t power up anything else or you may trip the household breaker.

When plugged into a 30A or better shorepower at a campground you can run the Alde on D.

B and C are individual elements.

ChanW

Yes @Sharon_is_SAM , I agree. That's been my understanding anyway. IOW, the setting "B" and the setting "C" are redundant. These will heat the glycol at the same rate. 

Nice summary @MuttonChops, of an unintuitive interface! Simple once you get it, but not immediately very clear.

Some further notes, @Brooky, if not confusing enough already!...:
- Slider H-I-J turns on/off the Alde system generally, and:
   "I" enables the glycol circulating pump - circulates to the 'radiators'
   "J" leaves the circulation pump off, providing only hot tap water
- Slider A thru D controls the electrical coils which heats the glycol as per above discussion
- Slider E-F turns on the propane burner which also heats the glycol
   (Note that Electric and Propane can work in tandem for faster heat-up)
Note also that if neither of the 'fuel' selection sliders is on (ie: the electric coils slider or the propane slider), the "I" slider position will still turn on the circulation pump, but no heat will be produced.

Sharon_is_SAM said:

Someone correct me if I am wrong.

B or C operates a single heating element, D operates both heating elements.

You can safely run the Alde on B or C plugged into a 15A household outlet, but you need a 20A household outlet to run the Alde on D (both heating elements).  If you run the Alde on D via a 20A outlet, don’t power up anything else or you may trip the household breaker.

When plugged into a 30A or better shorepower at a campground you can run the Alde on D.

B and C are individual elements.