Lost Truma heater cover

redrover
redrover Forum Participant Posts: 2
edited July 2017 in Caravans #1

Ok it's my own fault. After a week off grid using our Truma water heater on gas and removing the flue cover as instructed I guess I failed to clip it back on securely. The inevitable happened and we lost it on the journey home. My gripe is, I cannot believe the replacement cost of a simple plastic moulding, £30 plus on eBay.

So, if anyone is breaking a Swift Challenger 550L or similar. My cover is probably flat as a pancake somewhere between Weymouth and Ilminster.

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  • Wildwood
    Wildwood Club Member Posts: 3,585 ✭
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    edited July 2017 #2

    You could try caravan breakers who might have one cheaper. It does sound very expensive for what it is when a new ALKO jockey wheel only cost me £34.

  • dave the rave
    dave the rave Forum Participant Posts: 806
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    edited July 2017 #3

    Truma have recently doubled the price of the older style flue cover.You might find a dealer with stock at the old price.It is now almost as cheap to replace the terminal and the newer style cover!

  • cyberyacht
    cyberyacht Forum Participant Posts: 10,218
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    edited July 2017 #4

    It's only a box to keep the muck out. It shouldn't be beyond the wit of man to make one for a whole lot less than £30.

  • Pippah45
    Pippah45 Forum Participant Posts: 2,452
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    edited July 2017 #5

    I wonder if we really need to cover them?  The thingies that hold my cover in place are now missing but so far I haven't lost it!  I have a spare as I thought I had lost it a few years ago - and it didn't cost more than £10 - but surely if we just bung the hole to stop birds nesting in it - all will be well? 

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