New one on me...for the electricians
SIL and her husband bought a new to them fiver this year. Last night when they got to the unit, sitting on a seasonal site,the water in the tank was already hot. The power switch for the tank was in t...
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sch911 wrote:trailerbikecamper wrote:
Both tanks have a local switch at the tank and a primary switch inside the camper. The switch inside was turned off on both campers
I thought the inside switch was for gas and the outside switch was for electric. If the outside switch was left on it would explain this...
Generally speaking there can or cannot be a switch inside for the electric side. There will also be a breaker on the main panel. On my last fiver there was a 20A breaker, no inside switch and an outside switch because it was a Suburban water heater. If there is no inside switch and the outside switch fails in the closed position then the water heater will be on. There is only one sure fire way to prevent this, turn the breaker off before you leave.
