11-24-2013, 12:08 PM
I got the smallest 1500 watt heater I could find to replace the add-on heater in the wet bay that had burned out. Someone had mounted a small plastic heater to the rear wall just over the waste tank drain line and wired the cord into the line that had fed the electric heater that Newell installed near the compartment ceiling on the front side of the bay which obviously had ceased working. I was not able to determine how to replace the one Newell installed without removing the water tank. I was able to find one that was almost identical in size to the add-on heater a previous owner had installed and replaced it but had to have it laying on its back due to the one I found being just slightly taller. I was concerned that I would have to break into it and disable the tilt switch but it works just fine on its back. I leave it on low (750 watts as I recall) and keep its thermostat on the lowest setting. Although it is wired into the Newell thermostat on the other side of the coach, I didn't want it to get as hot as it did sometimes before the Newell thermostat cut off power. I think I found it at the Wal-Mart in Santa Fe last year.