LaSalle Bristol RV Fresh Water - 277-000162
- Winterization
- Elbow Heating Pad
- LaSalle Bristol
Full-contact, weatherproof heating pad helps prevent your RV gray water or black water dump valve pipe or elbow from freezing. The pad wires to a wall switch inside your RV. Easy, peel-and-stick installation.
Features:
- Full-contact heater pad keeps your RV gray water or black water dump valve pipe or elbow warm during freezing temperatures
- Works with 1-1/2" diameter pipes and elbows
- Can also thaw out a pipe or elbow if it's already frozen
- Flexible, weatherproof carbon fiber material bends to fit the contours of a surface
- Easy, peel-and-stick installation
- 16-Gauge, 2-wire design wires to a wall switch inside your RV
- White wire is for ground
- Red wire is for power
- Compatible with DC power when in transit
- Runs through a converter while connected to a power source when your RV is parked
- Cold room tested down to -32 degrees F
- QAI certified
Specs:
- Pad dimensions: 8" long x 3" wide
- Pad thickness: 3 mm
- Length of wires: 18"
- Input voltage: 13.5V DC
- Power draw: 0.3 amps
- Wattage: 4 watts
- 1-Year warranty
The Therma Heat RV heating pad meets the following certification standards:
- Safety for Electric Heating Appliances, UL499
- Safety for Heating Elements (CSA) C22.2 No. 72-m1984 (R2004)
- Flammability tests (UL) 746C, 15 and CSA 0.17,9,2
- Dieletric Voltage Withstand Test (UL) - 1000 volts/1 minute
- Thermal Aging Test (UL)
Note: This heater pad should be installed on non-conductive surfaces only.
Why ThermaHeat?
When the outside temperature is cold enough, the gray water or black water dump valve pipe or elbow on your RV will freeze. This stops you from being able to dump your gray water or black water tank. Furthermore, the frozen water could potentially cause cracks or other irreparable damage, which would mean you would have to replace the pipe.
The full-contact ThermaHeat heater pad will prevent this by keeping your pipe warm during freezing temperatures. It can also completely thaw out a pipe if it's already frozen, assuming that it hasn't been damaged. The heater pad does all the work for you, preventing you from having to go out in the cold and thaw it out by hand with a heat gun or hair dryer, which can melt the side of your pipe if not used properly.
Installation and Wiring
This heater pad has easy, peel-and-stick installation. The flexible carbon fiber material is designed to fit the contours of any valve pipe or elbow surface. The pad is meant for use on black water and gray water pipes, but can be installed onto freshwater pipes as well.
The pad has a white wire for ground, and a red wire for power. This 2-wire design is compatible with DC power while your RV is in transit. It can also run through a converter while connected to a power source when your RV is parked. The pad wires into a wall switch on your RV, letting you turn it on and off as needed.
Additionally, you are able to install this pad with other ThermaHeat heater pads (sold separately). In order to do this, they must be connected and run parallel. You would daisy-chain the red wires together and connect them to the battery of your RV or camper and then daisy-chain the white wires together and ground them. In order to turn the pads on and off, you will need to install a switch (sold separately) between the battery and the pads.
210SLE38RTBX Therma Heat Heating Pad for Motor Home Dump Valves - 8" Long x 3" WideAlternate part number: 85852 and SL-E38