Electric Water heater
New RV has Electric Water Heater Manual says over 30 amps Can it not be used on 30 Amps.
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trtog7 wrote:
It is an Atwood and no idea of model number as we do not have unit yet and paperwork does not give number Why would they save more than 30 instead of 50 amps
The common Atwood RV type WH is 1400 or 1500 watts. That's less than 15 amps. I would be very surprised if your WH actually requires more than 30A. That's 3600 watts.
It's not impossible - a home WH of 80 gallons might be 4500 watts, but that's eight times bigger than a large 10 gallon RV type WH, and 13 times bigger than the common 6 gallon unit.
I'd double check your WH manual, and if the manual says that it can't run on a 30A circuit, then call Atwood once you have the model number, so you can verify.
