Atwood water heater VS Suburban
Our last couple of trailers had Suburban water heaters and my new one has an Atwood. What an unbelievable difference! For starters, even when trying to run the heater out of hot water in the shower ...
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AnEv942 wrote:
? I thought OP was relateing faster recovery times between the 2 brands and lower use of propane... but then the 120v element was metioned.
are we comparing electric use verses gas?
He was, but then another poster injected a false claim that a Atwood had a 120 element protection device, which they don't. The original poster was extolling the better and more efficient operation on LP which is true. Atwoods use 8800 BTU's per hour while Suburbans use about 12,000 BTU's per hour. There is NO difference on 120 element heating times if you have a 120/LP combo Heater. Doug
