water heater question

georgiadave wrote:
I just purchased a 2015 skyline retro it has a manual gas bottle system I have to light it outside it runs the hot water heater the furnace and the fridge my question is do I need water in the hot water heater before I light the element, Like lighting it to run the fridge when going to camp! thanks

I used to have to light my hot water heater on the outside of the coach as well, on my last rig.

My present coach has an automatic lighting igniter for the hot water heater. I would never go back to the old way of needing to light my hot water heater every time I needed hot water!