3 Minute Showers
I know this worked for me in the military many years ago, but some days I just want to enjoy a hot soak. With that being said I have a Suburban SW6DE and it does get hot enough to burn your skin, but ...
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SDcampowneroperator wrote:
turn on both elec. & propane water heating. It''ll help some on water heating and recovery.
Check your propane only heat temp, elec. only heat temp. A cooking thermometer in a glass of heated water may show the thermostats are set too low.
120 F is optimal, legal commercial. You may set your temp higher on your ' cold' water heater to give you longer showers.
Elec. water heating is notoriously slow and 'cool ' used alone. By law, they are set at a max.of 120f. 6 gal. just cant do what you want at that temp. and slow 10 Amp 10360 btu recovery rate.
An option for you is
Burn Propane, its 30,000 btu heat rate. set your propane regulator thermostat higher. you will get the hot water for what you wish. Educate all your family that it is very hot, to be careful of scalding.
OPs water heater:
Preset FIXED 130*F t-stats for electric and for propane
Electric heat element is 1440W
Propane is 12,000btu
No adjusting regulator/no adjusting t-stats---it is what it is.
Only thing OP can do is run both at same time, not let water run and change out t-stats to the optional 140*F FIXED t-stats
