The Hydrohot guy, John, came back and finished the service and repair this morning. He found a circulation pump and a mixer valve that needed to be replaced. Hydrohot is our heating system. It runs on diesel, electric, or both, depending on which switches we activate from inside. It provides the heated fluid for our furnace vents, front and back. It provides all the hot water for our dishes and showers. It provides the engine preheat so we don’t have to start a cold engine in the morning or have an extended idle while the engine comes up to temperature. It even works in reverse. When the engine is running, the engine provides the heat for the circulating fluid, so all the hot water systems work without any of the burners being turned on.
Most of this stuff is usually done with propane. With all of it done with diesel and electric, we don’t do much with propane. We have a twenty-five gallon propane tank that runs the stovetop burners and the refrigerator when we’re not plugged in to shore power. We only have to fill the propane tank once a year.
Anyway, we’re all fixed, the hot water stays a nice constant 127 degrees now. (It was yo-yo ing before.) Judy got the Jeep serviced and new tires put on.
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