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09-21-2017, 10:35 PM
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4 Rivet Member
2013 30' Flying Cloud
Kingwood
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Heater on/off switches in bathroom
I've done some searching on this forum, but haven't found any threads on my question. Has anyone put a lockbox over the heater on/off switches in the bathroom? I'm thinking about a lockbox used over thermostats in public places to keep people from changing them. I need some protection from accidental switch movement.
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09-22-2017, 04:35 AM
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I've done some searching on this forum, but haven't found any threads on my question. Has anyone put a lockbox over the heater on/off switches in the bathroom? I'm thinking about a lockbox used over thermostats in public places to keep people from changing them. I need some protection from accidental switch movement.
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Do you really allow the public to use the bathroom in your Airstream?
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09-22-2017, 05:28 AM
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Rivet Master
2005 34' Classic S/O
2006 39' Land Yacht 396 XL
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Lol !!!
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09-22-2017, 05:44 AM
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4 Rivet Member
Byron Center
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I have kids, so I get it (or I can suggest a marriage counselor). :-) Blue painters tape aligned vertically along the axis of the switch has been a good solution for similar situations with accidental movement. Easily removed, cheap, no screw holes, you can write obnoxious messages on it with a sharpie... There’s another thread somewhere where an owner replaced switches with lighted ones and another added little cabinet door bumpers to give some ‘braille’ touch to them to help sort them out in the dark. If a lock is an absolute, I’d suggest the aforementioned thermostat cover if you can find a smaller/shallower model.
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09-22-2017, 05:47 AM
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4 Rivet Member
Byron Center
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If you’re handy, and depending on location of your heater, you could disconnect the bathroom switches and wire-up a small switch panel at the water heater, too. Harder for you to get to and visually confirm, but it removes the risk. Only you will know if that’s worth it or not.
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09-22-2017, 06:38 AM
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4 Rivet Member
2013 30' Flying Cloud
Kingwood
, Texas
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Overlander, I barely allow us to use the bathroom, much less the public. Ha ha
All others, thanks for your input. The tape might be a good temporary idea, but I think that the lock box is the long term solution. I may try 3M tape rather than screws or rivets.
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09-22-2017, 09:58 AM
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Rivet Master
2015 25' Flying Cloud
2016 30' Flying Cloud
Blenheim Ontario
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Of course, the basic problem is;
While 'Normal' people would have the heater switches on a Service Panel, Airstream marches to their own drummer.
And we have to live with results.
I have no solution around it; which will become academic anyway.
I'm selling the Airstream.
My wife has called RVING at the end of the year, and we both have health problems. DRAT!
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09-22-2017, 11:21 AM
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New Member
2017 28' Flying Cloud
Carmel
, Indiana
Join Date: Dec 2016
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No one else has ever used my bathroom
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09-22-2017, 12:31 PM
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4 Rivet Member
1973 31' Sovereign
1978 Argosy 30
1985 31' Excella
Sacramento
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If it was necessary to lock off or on the heater switch... you can bypass it out at the heater... and put a bypass switch out their... over by the module... otherwise.. why not lock the whole door compartment that the switch is in...
Yep lot of people selling their airstreams... seems like the pendlum is swinging the other way.. and time for the younger retiree's filling in... It is a shame that ya get old.. and can't enjoy the fruits of your labor longer..
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09-22-2017, 01:12 PM
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The Aluminum Tent 3
2014 23' Flying Cloud
Park City
, Utah
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I saw a pic recently, maybe on Facebook Group. They put one of those clear plastic outdoor electrical outlet covers over the switches, so you had to open the cover to turn on the water heater. It looked fine and was a nice mod. Kind of like this. http://www.homedepot.com/p/2-Gang-We...20CB/204208057.
I think they had to modify the base a little to fit over the switches, then just installed it with a couple strips of command strips to it could be removed later.
All jokes about the public aside, I myself have managed to turn on the electric switch of my water heater accidentally when it was empty (I was dry camping). Those switches really should be somewhere else, not right next to the light switch. It's mostly just me, but I can see this being an issue especially with children aboard. Just using a lighted switch (if there was one) doesn't solve the problem of accidental turn-ons...
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09-22-2017, 01:16 PM
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Rivet Master
2019 27' Globetrotter
Salem
, Oregon
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The lighted switch is probably the best. As it is you have to remember which is on or off and they are not labeled.
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09-22-2017, 02:24 PM
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4 Rivet Member
2013 30' Flying Cloud
Kingwood
, Texas
Join Date: Jun 2017
Posts: 341
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Heater switches
Wife turned them off first and then grandkids did it the second and third time on our first trip. Wife asked if I had fixed them yet, so it will get fixed shortly. I was just asking if someone had a better idea. My logic is why re-invent the wheel.
Not sure how responders got confused about the public being allowed to use the bathroom in our TT. I was trying to describe the thermostat lock box that you see in public spaces like schools, churches, offices, and shopping. Hopefully those comments were in jest.
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09-22-2017, 02:40 PM
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Half a Rivet Short
2017 30' Classic
2022 Interstate 24X
Carlisle
, Pennsylvania
Join Date: May 2017
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Hi
Showing the neighbors the new AS ... where's the other twin ? ... hmm ....
One "positive" approach for the heaters would be to wire a manual switch in series with their 12V supply.
Bob
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09-22-2017, 03:17 PM
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2 Rivet Member
2012 25' Flying Cloud
2001 19' Bambi
Fresno
, California
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When we get to our destination, I set something tall in front of the switches (my can of hairspray and a perfume bottle for example) so that my husband doesn't turn off the hot water heater accidentally. I like the idea of a clear cover of some sort, it would look nicer, in my opinion, than tape.
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09-22-2017, 03:38 PM
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Half a Rivet Short
2017 30' Classic
2022 Interstate 24X
Carlisle
, Pennsylvania
Join Date: May 2017
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Hi
There are a couple of different "heater switches" that show up in AS trailers:
1) The switches that turn the heater pads under the gray and black water tanks on and off.
2) The switches that turn the heater on the hot water on and off.
3) The switches that turn the furnace on and off.
4) The switches that turn the heater strips on the fridge on and off.
Just to be sure, which one are we talking about here?
Bob
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09-22-2017, 03:57 PM
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Rivet Master
2017 25' Flying Cloud
Fayetteville
, Arkansas
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We had a similar issue with switches accidentally turned on or left on. This is what we've done. Don't prevent them from being activated but you know it when it is.
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09-22-2017, 04:10 PM
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2 Rivet Member
2017 27' Flying Cloud
Box Elder
, SD
Join Date: Jun 2017
Posts: 76
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Yup, we're always hitting the heater switches while fumbling for the light switch.
Larry
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09-22-2017, 04:11 PM
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4 Rivet Member
2013 30' Flying Cloud
Kingwood
, Texas
Join Date: Jun 2017
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Which Switches
Uncle Bob,
Hot water heater on/off switches in the bathroom for propane and electricity, in a 2014 25 FB Flying Cloud.
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09-22-2017, 05:02 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by devilsbox
Yup, we're always hitting the heater switches while fumbling for the light switch.
Larry
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https://www.oznium.com/scion-switch-led
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09-22-2017, 05:11 PM
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Rivet Master
2015 25' Flying Cloud
2016 30' Flying Cloud
Blenheim Ontario
, Ontario
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DoubleR
Uncle Bob,
Hot water heater on/off switches in the bathroom for propane and electricity, in a 2014 25 FB Flying Cloud.
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Same in the 2016 FC.
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