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19/7/2017 at 4:49pm
Location: Northants
Outfit: Rapido Club32 caravan
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We have a Rapido caravan made in 2000, with a Carver "Cascade Rapide" water heater, presumably from the same year.
I realise this is practically Roman History by now, but please, if anyone out there knows about these, I'd really welcome any advice!
The only trips we've had so far have been on EHU, when it works perfectly, and thus haven't been using the gas side.
It ignited straight away, and heated well last time I tried it, but that was some months ago. I hadn't realised you have to keep reminding these things to work even if you don't need them at the time!
Now we'd like to use it again to go off-grid, and it's not playing. I have the book of words but it doesn't cover the display I'm getting.
The control panel has three lights: green shows all's well and working. Yellow shows insufficient battery power. Red shows it hasn't ignited. There are various two-light options given in the troubleshooting section for displays, but nothing for all three at once.
I'm getting all three!
I've run the gas cooker, lit the gas in the fridge, made sure it's got water coming through to the hot tap, and the battery's charged fully. I've tried repeatedly, with the prescribed minutes between attempts.
So - any comments, please?
It's not a complete tragedy if it won't, we can kettle-heat washing water if need be, but it's nice and convenient to have things working.
Thanks,
Richard
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19/7/2017 at 6:50pm
Location: Ayrshire
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Set it all up. Then stand outside by the heater cowl and sniff. If you smell gas, then the burner has rusted and it isn't working any more. You won't be able to replace the part, I don't think, as Carver isn't made any more.
I can't tell you about the lights, they are indeed confusing (we have instructions for a different Carver). We couldn't work out why it wasn't working on gas when we got the then-elderly motorhome 12 years ago, the habitation service confirmed that part was goosed.
However, you say it was working before, so I'm sure someone with more experience than me will help you out.
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19/7/2017 at 7:05pm
Location: Northants
Outfit: Rapido Club32 caravan
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Thanks, I'll try that. And I know they're obsolete now, so just have to hope either that it springs back to life, or failing that, that there's a second hand one being broken for parts somewhere!
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