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| Author: | Dale Grice [ Wed Mar 04, 2020 11:48 am ] |
| Post subject: | Vapor heat strips - Amtrak heritage cars |
Hi all, Another project that I have never had to deal with before. On Amtrak heritage cars they use heat strips. I am working on one is shot. While I am in there replacing, I am going to replace all. Searching around on the Internet does not return any usable info. Details of the units are Vapor # 1796739-01 heat strips. Amtrak wired 3 in series powered by 480 VAC. Anyone have any experience finding a replacement for these? Thanks, Dale Grice |
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| Author: | Overmod [ Wed Mar 04, 2020 3:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Vapor heat strips - Amtrak heritage cars |
One potential entry point would be here: http://www.nwrail.com/nwre_products/heaters.html I suspect people at this company can also advise you about both fabrication/restoration of and component sources for the specific units you have. |
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| Author: | HyRailer [ Fri Mar 06, 2020 10:11 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Vapor heat strips - Amtrak heritage cars |
Check the actual heat strip. At one end you should find the voltage & wattage stamped into the heater strip. When you have that information you can purchase replacement from the manufacturer Thermon [/http://www.thermon.com/us/brands/caloritech/transit-heaters/floor-heaters-fv-sd-ss#specificationsurl] |
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| Author: | Overmod [ Fri Mar 06, 2020 4:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Vapor heat strips - Amtrak heritage cars |
HyRailer may have fallen foul of someone at the IETF. The more modern (i.e. secure in some snippety browsers) version of his link to Thermon, unmangled by URL-tag interference, is https://www.thermon.com/us/brands/caloritech/transit-heaters/floor-heaters-fv-sd-ss#specifications The direct link to 'find a sales rep' by region (which appears to be the way you start a request for technical information or to discuss this 'legacy' application) is https://resources.thermon.com/reps/ths?filter=7 |
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| Author: | Dale Grice [ Tue Mar 10, 2020 3:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Vapor heat strips - Amtrak heritage cars |
Thanks for the Thermon link and suggestion about data on the units. It was indeed on them. I have engaged Thermon and chromalux (sp?). I did not find any info on the Internet when searching for the following units installed. 1. Wellman SS1-020101 w750 v240 2. 117-071393-053 OTF-24WX S80 240V 500W 1KL Dale |
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