How to use a Truma Heating System in your Caravan, Camper or Motorhome | How To Videos #3

[@LiveforTravel]

👉 [From the Truma iNet Instructions] “The Truma iNet Box requires a connection to a 2G mobile phone network in order to send and receive text messages (GSM). Ask your mobile phone provider whether a GSM connection is available to you with your mini SIM card. If there is no GSM connection, the Truma iNet Box can only be operated via Bluetooth.” Please note, when turning “OFF” the control panel, you do not need to turn the van heating down to “OFF” if you don’t want to. You can simply press and hold the central button until the display says “OFF.” Doing this means when you turn the panel on again, it will remember the last settings: Source, temperature etc.

[@Panzerman1951]

Hi , we're new to motorhome life having taken delivery of our Constellation 3XL in July of this year. Getting to grips with all the systems was a little daunting at first but got easier as time progressed. Your vlog on the Truma control panel is the best that we came across and provived exactly what we were looking for. Well presented and well thought out. Many thanks.

[@LiveforTravel]

Thanks. Welcome to the world of travelling… by van. Appreciate your feedback. Great to hear. We wish you many happy travels.

[@davecarter4165]

Hi Paul, excellent video - to the point and negates the need to read all of the manual.

[@LiveforTravel]

Thanks for watching. Appreciate your feedback.

[@brentstevens4137]

EXCELLENT. CLEAR AND CONCISE INSTRUCTIONS. Motorhome and caravan dealers should sit new buyers down and get them to watch this video. Thks Paul. Very much appreciated.

[@LiveforTravel]

Thank you for the feedback. It is greatly appreciated.

[@CraigGrocott-n5u]

Best Truma tutorial on KZbin, thank you!

[@LiveforTravel]

Thanks. Amazing feedback 😁

[@tonydominey6955]

I am amazed no hot water to have heating from the boiler fabulous thank you

[@nybormck]

Terrific - thank you. I note my sensor is away from the Truma control panel as it's above the door which would affect the temperature control.

[@gilltate3029]

Thank you Paul, that was so very helpful to me. Much easier than trying to read the manual. Xx

[@LiveforTravel]

Great and thanks for the feedback.

[@MarkD-k4r]

Outstanding information about heating and heating caravan helped me out alot and this system new to me many thanks for your video

[@LiveforTravel]

Great. Glad it was helpful. Thanks for the feedback.

[@scmmotorhomers2386]

Hi good video, good instructions, but wondered if you could help me when you connect to your app and you switch off an app comes up mine only turns off can you help me please

[@LiveforTravel]

I don’t quite understand your question. We actually don’t use the app or sim as we never wanted to control it when away from the van. Could you add a little more info?

[@scmmotorhomers2386]

Hi, sorry if I do ever explain myself, I have a roller team Pegasus with a Truma. I have a I net ready to go when I watched your video, you pressed it once and the app appeared when I switch it off l only get the off appears

[@LiveforTravel]

Press and hold the button for 2 seconds and (if iNet is fitted) it will display “APP” if you release the button it should now be fine. If you press the same button, when you have been using the standard heating options, and hold for 4 seconds you should first see “APP” and then “OFF.” If you do not see “APP” displayed before “OFF” then it may not have iNet. You don’t have to have a Sim Card installed to use iNet if you only want to use app within close range to the van. I have put a link to the instructions below. Page 6 covers “APP.” We hope that you get it to work. www.truma.com/dam/jcr:0f4d9fb3-9546-4c6c-8dc6-46d02bccbb58/truma-heating-cp-plus-operating-instructions-EN.pdf

[@victorkent768]

Ooo had a van for 9 months I agree with you old fashioned way to get out of your chair to set heating. but if I wake up in the morning and its colder that I was accepting I can lay in my warm bed and put the heating and water on.. shame it can't make a coffee.. I am will try this today if I can sneak out to the van. ..nice one👍👍

[@LiveforTravel]

Haha yes now if it could make a coffee too… I would be using the app all the time 😁

[@victorkent768]

@@LiveforTravel went out does not work.. when I turn mine of the APP option is not there. Although I have the control panel. Realized I do not have the inet Bluetooth/SIM box in the caravan. So would need to buy that.. it's not going to happen unless I find one in eBay for a tenner

[@LiveforTravel]

@@victorkent768 have to just be the old fashioned way again. It’s the “keep fit” option?

[@xfire7]

You're a lifesaver to a rookie caravaner 😊

[@LiveforTravel]

Thank you. Appreciate your support 👍

[@mattkeen1986]

Hi there, thanks for the vid. On my combi, I have selected 'mix2' and 'boost' mode. In this mode, the water is only heating with electic and the gas heater is not engaged. In 'gas' mode everything works fine though. Do you have any idea why the combi isnt heating with gas/electric in 'mix' mode? Cheers, Matt

[@LiveforTravel]

In the instructions it states “In mixed mode 230 V electric mode is preferred if the power requirement is only low (e.g. for maintaining the room temperature). The gas burner is not enabled until the power requirement is higher, and is the first to switch off during heat-up operations.” For Boost it says “The Boost function is only available if the difference between the temperature in the interior and the set target temperature is greater than 10°C and the vehicle is connected to 230 V.” The last one regards the 10°C difference might be why. Normally, priority is given to heating the van. We find it quicker to call for only water heating first if we need hot water quicker. Hope that helps.

[@philipanderson4514]

Paul. Thanks for your truma instructions video. We have recently bought a rollerteam Pegaso 745 and whilst away and hooked up, for whatever reason the heating output switched from elec to gas. This happened through the night. Any thoughts? Cheers Phil

[@LiveforTravel]

Thanks. We have never had that happen. I am unsure if the system “looks” for alternative sources of one stops but that would be the only one I could think of if the electric, for some reason, had stopped.

[@kevinscott3081]

Hi Paul great video on the truma heater .does the Inet ready have a separate module for the SIM card/Bluetooth.

[@LiveforTravel]

I did say “if I have missed anything 😊” thanks for asking. Yes on our van the control box is in the small cupboard above the fridge. A SIM card could be inserted and there is a Bluetooth button to press initially when syncing the system to your phone. I will pin this comment so that others can see your question and the answer 👍

[@emilymacdonald6885]

Hiya - do you know why the Truma control panel doesn’t show the function to select power source? Electric hook up is in. 🤔

[@LiveforTravel]

If it is the same panel the selection is made individually when you are selecting whether you are heating the van (which slowly also heats the water) or just hot water.

[@emilymacdonald6885]

The power source symbol isn’t there at all - when heating on or off. The heating, hot water and fan symbols are there, just not the power source one.

[@LiveforTravel]

@@emilymacdonald6885 unfortunately I am not at the van today. Presumably the heating isn’t working? If you are on EHU and there is no symbol for electric (I don’t think it shows the gas symbol unless the system is “heating”) then it is a good idea to check the 240v sockets are working to make sure something hasn’t tripped. Sorry we can’t be of more help. Hope you find the issue soon.

[@emilymacdonald6885]

The symbol to show electric supply isn’t even there. Thanks for your help, we’re going to need some more intervention I think!

[@rickt4293]

I have the same issue. The symbol (2 lighting bolts) are not displayed at all. Only the propane symbol is visible.

[@TheArcticNinjaa]

Great informative video thank you for taking the time to do these

[@LiveforTravel]

Thank you for watching and your support.

[@PeeexFishing]

Learnt 4 helpful things I never knew. Well done great video 👍

[@LiveforTravel]

Thanks for watching and your comments.

[@stuartboys260]

Fantastic user guide thanks

[@LiveforTravel]

Thanks for your feedback.

[@igorbogdanoff4517]

Thanks sir. Should the truma combi 6 (diesel + Electric) make a tapping noise while running on diesel alone? Sounds a lot like the diesel pump from my old chinese diesel heater, which I thought the truma would address. Should the truma make the tapping noise? thanks

[@LiveforTravel]

Thanks. The Truma Combi 6E in our van runs off electric or gas. We had a diesel powered heater in a VW Campervan and it would sound like a jet engine running. Being a “blown air” system you can hear the air blowing quite a lot on full but would barely notice on the low settings. We hear a clicking when using on gas initially as that is the igniter lighting the gas but only hear the blown air and a hum from the boiler in general use.

[@stephenwright2056]

Hi Paul,as always very informative video in your entertaining way.One question about where the thermostat is situated below the truma panel,also very close to the tv.Do you think it picks up the heat from the tv,giving it a false reading.

[@LiveforTravel]

A good question. The TV doesn’t seem to get warm. Now, if the question was “do I think the thermostat sensor is accurate?” Many people suggest on the forums it isn’t and I guess that would be one of the reasons you can “offset” the values within the Truma control panel (from -0 to -5). I think for us, we just set it at 20°C and if we want it a little warmer or a little cooler we simply adjust it accordingly. Thanks for watching and your feedback regards “entertaining.” We try to put something into our how to videos otherwise you just hear a Brummie talking 😊

[@DIZZYDAZZLER2011]

I recently went away in my caravan and couldn't get my heating on as I had error W255 H relating to a communication error with the control panel and boiler? Any ideas on a fix would be appreciated folks.

[@LiveforTravel]

Unfortunately it could be anything from the control panel being off to a disconnected or broken wire. Unable to help, sorry. The instructions, as I am certain you have read, state “The power supply to the heater may have been interrupted by switching off the vehicle control panel (not the Truma heater control panel). The control panel is used to control all other functions in the vehicle and it also switches the power supply for the consumers in your vehicle on or off.”

[@irenedale5256]

Excellent explanation, thank you.

[@LiveforTravel]

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[@richc2394]

If the van has been winter prepped and the boiler has no water in it at all ie. you’ve turned the blue switch. Do you then need to turn the blue switch back and top it up with any water at all?

[@LiveforTravel]

Yes when you prepare the van for use the switch is turned back and button pressed in.

[@rsh1106]

hello. could you please tell me how to turn off the timer?

[@LiveforTravel]

We are not currently in the van. Please see page 11 on the link below. If I recall, I believe another way is simply set both the start and finish times the same. www.truma.com/dam/jcr:0f4d9fb3-9546-4c6c-8dc6-46d02bccbb58/truma-heating-cp-plus-operating-instructions-EN.pdf

[@escapethematrix5069]

Hi Paul, not a question about the Truma but a question about your roller team motorhome. Are you happy with the purchase? In your opinion, is it a good quality van? If you had a little more budget, what would you have purchased?

[@LiveforTravel]

No problem. We are happy with the quality yes. I am very aware there are some negative opinions (some likely justified) about RT although they are part of the Trigano Group that includes Adria, Auto Trail etc. I have also read about issues with dealers that won’t do warranty claims if the vehicle wasn’t purchased from them because of [alleged] RT level of payments for such work. If our budget had of been larger; we would have still purchased the same van and spent the extra on additional holidays.

[@escapethematrix5069]

@@LiveforTravel Great answer. We was looking at the Zefiro 685, is the T-Line a better spec? We thought about spending a bit more and maybe getting a Swift or Adria but their spec doesn't seem that much more. Almost as though your paying for the name?

[@davidstorey2477]

Excellent thank you

[@LiveforTravel]

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[@alanmilner629]

Hi brilliant video thanks .

[@LiveforTravel]

Thank you 👍