Cold water from the shower

Fill the coffee pot with the cold water. Should be hot when you get it full.

Yep, that's the way to go, jump in while the water is warm! And save water!

Shower WITH your wife...problem solved...:W:W....Dennis

I do not have an external shower. We uses very little water when showering, specially while boondocking. We bring the water warm enough then we shutt the heater down, we have plenty of water to take 2 showers. I tought their could have been some unknown mistery.

I guess it is just like it is and nothing I can do about it, my shower is on the LH side and the hot tank is on the RH side a good 10 feet away. It probably cool off pretty quick.

2edgesword wrote:

msmith1199 wrote:
I don't think he's talking about the water heater not heating up. He's talking about the time it takes for the hot water to get to the shower head.

The problem is the hot water pipes are not insulated and just thin plastic. So water is not going to stay hot inside of them for very long. But I bet if you actually measured the amount of water used before the hot water gets there, it's no where near a gallon. Mine takes a while too. The shower is in the middle of the RV on the left side, while the water heater is in the back of the RV on the right side. I don't know how many feet of pipe are in there, but it probably takes 30 seconds for the hot water to reach the shower head. Make sure you turn it to full hot until it starts getting warm and then turn it to add cold water back in, or you'll be wasting more water.

And if the water waste does concern you, then run the cold water into a bucket until it heats up and then hand off the bucket to your wife while you take a shower. You can use the water in the bucket for dishes.

I think you probably hit the nail on the head.

My shower is right next to my water heater. My shower routine is to run the water, get myself wet then turn the water off for a couple of minutes while I lather up. In those couple of minutes the first few seconds of water coming out when I turn the water back on is stone cold. That's with a relatively short section of pipe between the shower and the heater. If there is any real distance that relatively cold water would probably be coming out for a minute or more.

Funny, mine is just the opposite. When I turn mine back one it's boiling hot, got blisters on my chest once. Have to remember to point it away from me when I turn it back on until it equalizes again.

msmith1199 wrote:
I don't think he's talking about the water heater not heating up. He's talking about the time it takes for the hot water to get to the shower head.

The problem is the hot water pipes are not insulated and just thin plastic. So water is not going to stay hot inside of them for very long. But I bet if you actually measured the amount of water used before the hot water gets there, it's no where near a gallon. Mine takes a while too. The shower is in the middle of the RV on the left side, while the water heater is in the back of the RV on the right side. I don't know how many feet of pipe are in there, but it probably takes 30 seconds for the hot water to reach the shower head. Make sure you turn it to full hot until it starts getting warm and then turn it to add cold water back in, or you'll be wasting more water.

And if the water waste does concern you, then run the cold water into a bucket until it heats up and then hand off the bucket to your wife while you take a shower. You can use the water in the bucket for dishes.

I think you probably hit the nail on the head.

My shower is right next to my water heater. My shower routine is to run the water, get myself wet then turn the water off for a couple of minutes while I lather up. In those couple of minutes the first few seconds of water coming out when I turn the water back on is stone cold. That's with a relatively short section of pipe between the shower and the heater. If there is any real distance that relatively cold water would probably be coming out for a minute or more.

I don't think he's talking about the water heater not heating up. He's talking about the time it takes for the hot water to get to the shower head.

The problem is the hot water pipes are not insulated and just thin plastic. So water is not going to stay hot inside of them for very long. But I bet if you actually measured the amount of water used before the hot water gets there, it's no where near a gallon. Mine takes a while too. The shower is in the middle of the RV on the left side, while the water heater is in the back of the RV on the right side. I don't know how many feet of pipe are in there, but it probably takes 30 seconds for the hot water to reach the shower head. Make sure you turn it to full hot until it starts getting warm and then turn it to add cold water back in, or you'll be wasting more water.

And if the water waste does concern you, then run the cold water into a bucket until it heats up and then hand off the bucket to your wife while you take a shower. You can use the water in the bucket for dishes.

What kind of showers are you expecting? There is only 6 gallons of hot water to begin with...

Make sure both valves on your outside shower are closed.

if you have gas/electric then turn both on. When finish turn off power.