Best tankless water heaters (LP) 2.5gph or higher
Getting to the point I need to decide how Im going to heat my water in the toy hauler. I was pretty set on tankless but if they are just a huge hassle I can use conventional. What is your opinion?
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Just my two cents. I have a tankless heater at home, but not on our camper. Just don't believe it might be very effective.
The tankless heater takes a lot of gas (or electricity) at one time, even though it saves in the long run. If using electric, I wouldn't think 30 amps would handle it if anything else is running. If on gas, yes, the BTUs would be less but while heating the water up quicker, you'd empty your LP tanks sooner. It's still gonna take the same amount of energy to get the water to temp, it's just cheaper and may do the job quicker.
It might be worth it to you, but for us... well, it just didn't work. We installed InSinkErator (specs), added mix valve, water still was too hot to handle.
Hope that makes sense, as I love the one we have at home, but can't see it being that great on the camper or RV - but once again, it's just me and my experience.
This ^ might be a good solution.
I will keep it in mind, just in case we would like to try again, so thanks for sharing your experience, T18skyguy.
The tankless heater takes a lot of gas (or electricity) at one time, even though it saves in the long run. If using electric, I wouldn't think 30 amps would handle it if anything else is running. If on gas, yes, the BTUs would be less but while heating the water up quicker, you'd empty your LP tanks sooner. It's still gonna take the same amount of energy to get the water to temp, it's just cheaper and may do the job quicker.
It might be worth it to you, but for us... well, it just didn't work. We installed InSinkErator (specs), added mix valve, water still was too hot to handle.
Hope that makes sense, as I love the one we have at home, but can't see it being that great on the camper or RV - but once again, it's just me and my experience.
T18skyguy wrote:
If your going to get a tankless get the Truma. If you do a lot of boondocking or desert camping it's pointless to have it. I have a Girard, it works well, but with any tankless you operate differently than your home shower.First you need acceptable water pressure and flow. Buy a good adjustable water pressure valve and keep the pressure at 40-60 psi which works good for me. Set the temperature on the thermostat to 100 or so, then turn the hot water on full. You don't need the cold water cause the shower temp is set at the thermostat. Mine works fine with this method. A good adjustable quality water pressure valve is a Renator. You can find it on amazon. My Girard will run for 20 minutes, then it cycles off to protect the electronics from too much heat.
This ^ might be a good solution.
I will keep it in mind, just in case we would like to try again, so thanks for sharing your experience, T18skyguy.
