Automatic air bleeder gets very hot

rharder
rharder Member Posts: 12
in Heating/Plumbing & Winterizing
We have a T@B 320CS and the automatic air bleeder valve gets real hot (150F) when the heating system is on and even when only the water heater is on.  The bed is right above the automatic air bleeder and the heat bleeds through the sofa cushions making it too hot to sleep over the valve.  Also a little concerned that the cushion is getting that hot.  The only fix we've found so far is to turn the system off at night and that causes other problems on very cold nights.  Any ideas?


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  • Tabaz
    Tabaz Member Posts: 2,420
    This is actually normal.  I initially had the same concerns regarding the bleeder value igniting the fabric on the underside of the seating cushion and causing total destruction of the trailer.  While I slept.  In a blizzard.  After four years and nine months of ownership - not even a singe on the underside fabric.  PM me if you'd like other things to worry about.  I have a ton.  Ask my therapist.  
    2016 Outback 320
    2024 Ford F150 Supercrew short bed.
  • Dutch061
    Dutch061 Member Posts: 765
    Tabaz said:
     PM me if you'd like other things to worry about.  I have a ton.  Ask my therapist.  
    LOL  =)
    2020 400 BDL aka "Boonie"
    2022 Black Series HQ19 aka "Cricket"
    2021 F-250 Tremor with PSD aka "Big Blue"
    Concord, NC 
  • Dalehelman
    Dalehelman Member Posts: 2,414
    As said the heat is normal. Some sheet aluminum on the bottom of the seat cushion would help reflect heat and also spread it over a larger area. 
    1. Hash  T@B Fun
  • ScottG
    ScottG Administrator Posts: 5,674
    As part of repositioning my auto air bleeder for proper operation, I made a little depression in the bottom of the seat cushion frame. It's just enough to provide a little circulation over the cap and keep it from physically contacting the material.

    However, I did this primarily to keep the cushion from pushing on the air bleeder--I'm not sure how much it will help with comfort. The entire Alde gets pretty warm when operating and that heat needs to go somewhere. While I doubt anything gets hot enough to be a fire hazard, it will keep that bed cushion pretty toasty!


    2015 T@B Max S (320)
    2015 Nissan Frontier SV V6 4x4
  • Tabaz
    Tabaz Member Posts: 2,420
    Great idea cutting the hole for the bleeder valve Scott.  Will be doing the same to my seat cushion this weekend.  However, I will not use 8 staples to re-install the government-mandated warning label no one ever reads.  As a child, I colored WAY outside the lines.  This prevented a rewarding career in the hard sciences.  However, out of respect for those on this forum, I will use four staples to re-install the warning label:

    BTW, I know of one person sent to Florence Prison for nine years after being convicted of removing one of these tags from a mattress. 
    2016 Outback 320
    2024 Ford F150 Supercrew short bed.
  • Tabaz
    Tabaz Member Posts: 2,420
    Can you imagine what it must be like living with this "ScottG" person?  See below:

    2016 Outback 320
    2024 Ford F150 Supercrew short bed.
  • ChanW
    ChanW Member Posts: 3,165
    It's clear that everything he does must be a work of art! 🎨 (Geometrically based)

    Tabaz said:
    Can you imagine what it must be like living with this "ScottG" person?  See below:


    Chan  -  near Buffalo NY
    2014 S Maxx
    2011 Tacoma 4cyl ... edit: 2022 Tacoma 6cyl - oh yeah! 

     A_Little_T@b'll_Do_Ya
  • Tabaz
    Tabaz Member Posts: 2,420
    Agree Chan - only if his 12 O’ Clock position is oriented to True North.
    2016 Outback 320
    2024 Ford F150 Supercrew short bed.
  • ChanW
    ChanW Member Posts: 3,165
    edited June 2021
    The label position suggests that he considers "regulatory authority" to be a 5-minutes-before-the-hour priority. 

    Although, there are those staples....
    Chan  -  near Buffalo NY
    2014 S Maxx
    2011 Tacoma 4cyl ... edit: 2022 Tacoma 6cyl - oh yeah! 

     A_Little_T@b'll_Do_Ya
  • Tabaz
    Tabaz Member Posts: 2,420
    Chan - so appreciate your noticing that position.  However, I’m still in the process of determining why this “ScottG” person felt the need to include a duplicate warning label under (above ?) the primary warning label.  This may actually be indicative of a communication to the Mother Ship.
    2016 Outback 320
    2024 Ford F150 Supercrew short bed.
  • Tabaz
    Tabaz Member Posts: 2,420
    Chan - I’m in the process of creating an algorithm to reconcile “ScottG’s” government warning label duplication to Grenich Mean Time (GMT) plus or minus his zodiac Lat/Lons at the time of his birth.  We may be on to something here.
    2016 Outback 320
    2024 Ford F150 Supercrew short bed.
  • ScottG
    ScottG Administrator Posts: 5,674
    @Tabaz and @ChanW. How wrong you are about the labels--they are in fact different! One provides useful information about the material composition of the cushion, the other assures compliance with what I am certain is a very important consumer regulatory statute in a state on the other side of the continent.

    I was going ridicule you two for having nothing better to spend your time on, but after wasting ten minutes enlarging, reviewing, rotating, resizing, and marking up the original photo, I guess that would be disingenuous...  ;-)

     
    2015 T@B Max S (320)
    2015 Nissan Frontier SV V6 4x4
  • ScottG
    ScottG Administrator Posts: 5,674
    edited June 2021
    And while I was originally concerned that two of my staples were improperly placed, I realize now it's the line of assessment joining them that is out of spec. Whew. 

     
    2015 T@B Max S (320)
    2015 Nissan Frontier SV V6 4x4
  • Dalehelman
    Dalehelman Member Posts: 2,414
    If you think I am going to get “sucked” into this  thread? No way.
    1. Hash  T@B Fun
  • pthomas745
    pthomas745 Administrator, Moderator Posts: 4,599
    I hope to regulator heaven the staples used here follow the National Guidelines for Lead Content. 
    2017 Outback
    Towed by 2014 Touareg TDi
  • ChanW
    ChanW Member Posts: 3,165
    @Tabaz
    again, it's pretty clear (if we look closely)....
    and definitely to @ScottG's credit...
    the label does point to the answer to everything...


    Tabaz said:
    Chan - I’m in the process of creating an algorithm to reconcile “ScottG’s” government warning label duplication to Grenich Mean Time (GMT) plus or minus his zodiac Lat/Lons at the time of his birth.  We may be on to something here.

    Chan  -  near Buffalo NY
    2014 S Maxx
    2011 Tacoma 4cyl ... edit: 2022 Tacoma 6cyl - oh yeah! 

     A_Little_T@b'll_Do_Ya
  • ScottG
    ScottG Administrator Posts: 5,674
    Hmmm. We all seem to have slightly different labels. I'm getting a conspiracy vibe here...
    2015 T@B Max S (320)
    2015 Nissan Frontier SV V6 4x4
  • Dutch061
    Dutch061 Member Posts: 765
    OCD appears in many forms, just saying......
    2020 400 BDL aka "Boonie"
    2022 Black Series HQ19 aka "Cricket"
    2021 F-250 Tremor with PSD aka "Big Blue"
    Concord, NC 
  • ScottG
    ScottG Administrator Posts: 5,674
    Perhaps I could use a little less "label and staple" OCD and little more "glycol and bearing" OCD. It took me almost seven years to finally service my Alde and my wheels...  :-/ 
    2015 T@B Max S (320)
    2015 Nissan Frontier SV V6 4x4
  • Denny16
    Denny16 Member Posts: 5,430
    edited June 2021
    Going seven years to service the TaB is not OCD, it’s denial Scott.      :bow:
    chees
    2018 TaB400 Custom Boondock,  Jeep Gladiator truck, Northern California Coast.
  • ScottG
    ScottG Administrator Posts: 5,674
    edited June 2021
    My point exactly.  ;-)

    Perhaps compulsion and denial are two sides of the same coin, salt and pepper, ying and yang. You need just the right balance to keep from going off the deep end on either side.

    @Tabaz, please convene the Resident Philosophy Committee to contemplate and discuss this.

    (With apologies to @rharder --I hope you got your question sufficiently answered!)
    2015 T@B Max S (320)
    2015 Nissan Frontier SV V6 4x4
  • qhumberd
    qhumberd Administrator, Moderator Posts: 846
    Actually compulsion and avoidance are the most common ways to deal with anxiety. One causes over planning and the other is the cousin of denial. And they may not be that functional but they do keep the anxiety at bay. I am thinking a thread on evidence based therapies could be needed here.
    2019  T@B400 Boondock Lite "Todd"
    2016 Toyota Tundra 5.7 Crew Cab
  • Dutch061
    Dutch061 Member Posts: 765
    Ah yes, I used to be married to Cleopatra, "queen of denial"..........
    2020 400 BDL aka "Boonie"
    2022 Black Series HQ19 aka "Cricket"
    2021 F-250 Tremor with PSD aka "Big Blue"
    Concord, NC 
  • Tabaz
    Tabaz Member Posts: 2,420
    "Actually compulsion and avoidance are the most common ways to deal with anxiety. One causes over planning and the other is the cousin of denial. And they may not be that functional but they do keep the anxiety at bay. I am thinking a thread on evidence based therapies could be needed here."

    Hey, did I call this guy out correctly or not?  He's the founding member of the T@B Resident Philosopher's Committee.  I haven't a clue as to what he just said, but is sure sounds . . . reassuring?
    2016 Outback 320
    2024 Ford F150 Supercrew short bed.
  • Tabaz
    Tabaz Member Posts: 2,420
    A little shout-out to "rharder" who posted the original inquiry regarding the warm bleeder value.  Hopefully we addressed your concern and resolved the issue.  This is how we role on the forum,  solve the poster's problem, and then look for ways to expand the issue to the entertainment of all.  Please keep posting.
    2016 Outback 320
    2024 Ford F150 Supercrew short bed.
  • ScottG
    ScottG Administrator Posts: 5,674
    Now it all makes perfect sense! I mitigated my anxiety over the position of the air bleeder by compulsively reengineering the seat cushion!

    Or did I just solve a real problem in an elegant, craftsmanlike manner? 

    But maybe I should add a few more staples, or at least rearrange them so they are truly perfectly aligned. I wonder if a 3-1/2" hole would have been better. And perhaps it's time to change the battery in the smoke detector. Hmmm, did I even put the battery back in the smoke detector this spring? Tell me again why I take it out in the fall?

    Ugh. I guess I'll just do all this stuff tomorrow. Or next year. 
    2015 T@B Max S (320)
    2015 Nissan Frontier SV V6 4x4

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