Troubleshooting Hot Water Problems with the Truma Water Heater in the Airstream Basecamp 

Thanks for such positive feedback and for watching!

You are very welcome! We will do a winterization video a little later this year. But feel free to ask questions, if you have any.

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It took some research to figure it all out.

Thanks to you and this video I was able to troubleshoot the Truma in my Basecamp and get it working. I have HOT water!!!

I hand turned them. I can’t remember which way, but you might be able to tell in the video. I believe all of my shots were from the aisle. (Sorry, we no longer have the trailer so I can’t check it). Some were a little tight/difficult, but it should all be by hand.

Thanks for watching! Oh goodness, we never actually used the shower in the Basecamp. But, I will do my best to answer your questions. If you have an on-demand/tankless hot water system (found in newer model Basecamps), then it will do what you are experiencing. From my understanding, the water cools in the pipes while it's on hold and if water isn't flowing the on-demand system isn't making hot water, per se. On-demand systems require a minimum amount of water flow to keep the burner on. Some people recommend the Showermiser to recirculate hot water showermiser.com/rv/ while the shower is paused. I have seen others install a a Kess Shower Valve (a.co/d/cTg2biF) where the shower hose meets the wall, you can then keep the temperature setting where it is and control the flow of the water with that valve. If you have a normal hot water tank, I would check the valves to make sure they are turned correctly. If it only happens when you shower, it could be similar to above - that while the shower is paused, the water is cooling and once you unpause the shower, the hot water has to get from the tank to the shower head, thus experiencing the burst of ice cold water. As far as the shower head, others have recommended installing a new shower head (people seem to like this one better ETL Oxygenics 26488 BodySpa RV Handheld Shower a.co/d/6v6Jv1A). I hope this helps! Please let us know what you find out.

@@CajunMile hey, thanks! I wasn’t sure if you’d reply on an old video. I appreciate that. 🙏 🤙 It’s the Truma combi in our BC, so my understanding is that there’s a tankful of water that gets heated via the furnace. Some fabulous magic going in there. The system is so wonderfully quiet. It was so shocking for the water to get so cold so fast. But that’s a good point you raise. Since the valve dribbles badly, the flow rate might be low enough that the hot water stops flowing and the line gets replaced with cold water. 🤷‍♂️ some more experimenting to do. I’ve already got one of those KES valve in my shopping cart along with a bunch of other little things. I’ll have to wait now until spring as we just put in storage for the winter. Thanks again. I’ll let you know what we figure out in the spring.

No problem. Happy to help. 😊 Best of luck in the spring. We are about to winterize ours this weekend.