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

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.

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]

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

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