Helton Hot water heat exchangers
Submitted: Saturday, Oct 31, 2009 at 08:28
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Member - Johny boy (NSW)
Hi all I have seen these HELTON heat exchangers on E bay and would like to buy one as they are made and come from QLD from a mob called Australian Direct with a 5 yr warranty ,I would like to know if any one uses one or knows of anyone for some feed back please ,I only need a heat exchange not all the kit so if anyone knows of anything else I should look at I'm open to suggestions .
Cheers.
Reply By: Member - Pesty (SA) - Saturday, Oct 31, 2009 at 09:16
Saturday, Oct 31, 2009 at 09:16
Bought
mine several years ago, brilliant, i too only bought the heat exchanger as i had the rest.
Pesty
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Follow Up By: Member - Roachie (SA) - Saturday, Oct 31, 2009 at 10:48
Saturday, Oct 31, 2009 at 10:48
Like Pesty, I too have a Helton. The thing that appealed to me about was that I could get it with the inlets and outlets all on the one end....so I could place it up in a corner where a Glind or Twine wouldn't fit. I had a Twine previously and it was very good too, but with hoses going in/out at both ends, it didn't suit my needs when I bought the Chev-Nissan.
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Follow Up By: Krakka - Saturday, Oct 31, 2009 at 12:13
Saturday, Oct 31, 2009 at 12:13
As above, also have the Helton, bought the one with all the connections at one end as it suited my engine bay. Must be simple as I managed to install it myself! And it works.
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Reply By: Member - John M (NSW) - Saturday, Oct 31, 2009 at 09:46
Saturday, Oct 31, 2009 at 09:46
Hi John
I have a Helton set up on my Nissan and it's a great unit although I find the gas unit that I have in the back of my truck camper a lot more convenient and better to use. No engine to run and hot
water on demand.
Regards
John
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Reply By: stans truck - Saturday, Oct 31, 2009 at 13:51
Saturday, Oct 31, 2009 at 13:51
Hi there i also have one these units,the unit it self is good but need to look at the shower.I used it once to try it after install ran great, several months later we went to the farm and helped around the place with the farmer it was hot.Went back to the
camp site had a few beers,later that night we went for a shot sevaral hours later we called it a night, back to
camp for a hot shower and gess what the shower craped itself the pump was seized pulled to peices and it was stuffed, so had it replaced by helton, so what lets this unit down is the pump,cheap and nasty $20. to replace so buy a backup like i have or buy something more expensive regards Stan.
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Reply By: River Swaggie - Saturday, Oct 31, 2009 at 14:23
Saturday, Oct 31, 2009 at 14:23
I use a Coleman and love it..How do you control the Heat level in these things..I know if to cold you rev engine etc or wait till engine heats up..But if its to hot how do you keep it at say 30 degrees..
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Follow Up By: Krakka - Saturday, Oct 31, 2009 at 20:06
Saturday, Oct 31, 2009 at 20:06
Add some cold
water
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Reply By: Member - GeeTee (NT) - Sunday, Nov 01, 2009 at 09:15
Sunday, Nov 01, 2009 at 09:15
I have had a Helton fitted to my Nissan for a couple of years. Just got the heat exchanger and fitted it to a demand pump and did all the plumbing to suit. Works great ! !
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