Camco Hybrid Water Heater - Not working
We added the Camco hybrid water-heater element to our rig about five months ago. It's been working great up until today. Replacement elements aren't all that expensive but before I go for the expens...
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But here's what happened. I tested everything as outlined and everything, surprisingly, seemed to work. And here was the problem:
Cold water and cold weather. The overnight low the night we had the problem was about 8 degrees.
A few days later the weather warmed up and, lo and behold, we had long-lasting hot water. Honestly, it had never occurred to me that the ambient temperature would affect the at-tap temperature so much.
The shower is at the farthest point from the water heater and the water was losing heat on the way over to the shower. Plus, the fill-water was near-freezing, so it cooled off the water heater quickly. The electric heater works great, for the most part, but it doesn't heat nearly as quickly as gas.
In any case, this was a non-event but at least if my heater does go south I can trouble-shoot it.
Thanks and thanks and thanks.
But here's what happened. I tested everything as outlined and everything, surprisingly, seemed to work. And here was the problem:
Cold water and cold weather. The overnight low the night we had the problem was about 8 degrees.
A few days later the weather warmed up and, lo and behold, we had long-lasting hot water. Honestly, it had never occurred to me that the ambient temperature would affect the at-tap temperature so much.
The shower is at the farthest point from the water heater and the water was losing heat on the way over to the shower. Plus, the fill-water was near-freezing, so it cooled off the water heater quickly. The electric heater works great, for the most part, but it doesn't heat nearly as quickly as gas.
In any case, this was a non-event but at least if my heater does go south I can trouble-shoot it.
Thanks and thanks and thanks.
