Hot Water Heater
Have a friend with a motor home who said one should not turn the hot water heater on until you are ready to use hot water and then turn it off afterward. Never heard of such a thing. They are new...
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JohnnyG73 wrote:
I'm not sure why but I tend to not trust RV water heaters unattended. Call me paranoid if you want but I fear returning from a day of fishing to a trailer that burnt to the ground.
This fear may be unfounded and I may be too cautious but I just feel more comfortable when I switch it off when away or not using it.
When we were full timing, we always stayed in one place for 13 or 26 weeks.
I turned the water heater on when we set up, and off before we left. No troubles. We used both the propane and electric at the same time all the time. Considering one or two showers per day, one or two loads of clothes in the washer/dryer nearly every day, and doing dishes twice a day, having the water hot when needed was nearly a must!
However, when the weather was cool enough to need the furnace, THAT thing is a fuel hog! In 35 to 40 degree weather, I was filling a 7 gallon bottle of propane every week to ten days!
