Rewiring water heater
I want to rewire my water heater to have the on/off switch inside my trailer. Currently the switch is in the water heater housing which I don't like. The easiest way is to run a new switch wire from...
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time2roll wrote:
afaik the inside switch is for propane, outside switch is for the electric. Each system is separate with separate thermostat. The board controls the propane ignitor and is powered by 12vdc.
Otherwise generally the WH electric element is on a separate breaker. Use that breaker as a switch.
I have two switches inside one for propane and one for electric, if I turn the elcetric one on nothing will happen unless the switch on the hotwater heater its self is on also. its a saftey switch to prevent unintentional use if say your on the inverter or a 15 amp breaker. what I normaly do if I am thinking I could use the electric part of the hotwater heater is flip the outside switch wheil I am setting up (takes 10 seconds) then I can control it from inside, but normaly I leave the outside one off so I cant use it on electric.
