seawaed water heater imfo / help

[crown]

 i am thinking of buying a seaward heat exchanger water heater model #s-650 serial # 86193 ok the deal is it 240 v can i just put a 120v element
in it to run it on 120v or do i need to do more ? john

[PP]

John, why don't you just buy the 120V version? Will

[crown]

will found a deal this is a new out of box unit for less then 1/2 price would like to buy it if i can change ellements ? to 110v

[uncle ned]

Good evening John.   Are you going to put the water heater in the cushman.

LOL  LOL

uncle ned

[crown]

 ned was thinking of putting it in the crown. but now that you bring it up. it might work in the cushman just need a long long cord
how ya doing ned john

[Ed Brenner]

John, you got to forgive Ned, ever since he woke up in the hospital and had BK and Don (I think) standing over him

he ain't been right!!

How's the Bus doing? Better yet the Castle

Ed

[crown]

  hi ed good to hear from you how you doing. the bus is going a little slow as had a knee operation doc says no stairs or driving
  the castle is good just normal up keep  john

[Sean]

John, I don't think it is wise to change elements without calling the factory.

All the US models are 120v; the 240v models are European-spec.  The issue here is that the 120v element requires twice the current (amperage) as the 240v element, and I'm not sure if the Euro-spec models have internal wiring beefy enough to support the amperage of the 120v element.  Same goes for the thermostat.

If I had to take a guess, my guess would be that they use the same wiring harness and thermostats in both models, to keep the number of different parts in inventory down.  But the only way to know for sure is to take them apart side-by-side, or call the factory.  Remember that the 120 models are UL listed, whereas the 240 models are CE approved, and these agencies have differing requirements that may have mandated different harnesses anyway. In which case, why would they waste the copper to oversize the wiring on the 240 models?

HTH,

-Sean
http://OurOdyssey.BlogSpot.com

[luvrbus]

I have a S 1200 Seaward here looking at it comes with 2 different elements 120V and 240V with a different wiring diagram for the 240v,10 amp breaker required for the 240v that is not bad 

 

[Sean]

I have a S 1200 Seaward here looking at it comes with 2 different elements 120V and 240V with a different wiring diagram for the 240v,10 amp breaker required for the 240v that is not bad 

Clifford, if yours is a US-spec model, it would have appropriate wiring for the 120 element, and there would be no harm in switching to a 240 element which, as you note, requires a smaller breaker.

My concern is that he is looking at a CE-spec unit, and I don't know if those units are rated for the 120 elements.  My guess would be yes, but I would not trust that guess without opening one up or calling the factory.  Mine is a US model, and I've never cracked open a CE model.

-Sean
http://OurOdyssey.BlogSpot.com

[luvrbus]

I don't understand the rating deal it has both 120v UL and the 240V CE what ever that is it has the 120v element from the factory,I don't have any idea where these are coming from but they are popping up I gave 350 bucks for a pair in the boxes heck the Seaward name was worth that much both have rear heat exchangers probably one of my good deals that is not so good
but I have Van LoL 

good luck

[crown]

  sean and luvrbus hear are a few pics it is a ul model i can buy this for $ 189 shipped take a look at pictures thanks john

[Sean]

Looks like it should work fine, but I would call the factory just to be sure.

New 120v elements are $25.

-Sean
http://OurOdyssey.BlogSpot.com

[Van]