Options to upgrade water heater?
Recently purchased a new to us 5th wheel TH. All of the research I did prior to purchase showed a 12 gal water heater. Coming from a 10 gal in previous rig, I was looking forward to a bigger tank. Unf...
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Using both Gas and Electric, at the same time, if possible (not always) improves recovery time
Atwood makes a 10 gallon water heater that fits in a six gallon hat. What it does is over heat the water than mix cold in via an automatic mixing valve so you get 2/3 more hot water... NOTE: the mixing valve is an additional point of failure, but I've not heard bad things about them.
Finally there is a type of water heater called a "Tankless" or "Demand". these run on Propane only.. And ONLY when hot water is requested,, So though they burn a lot of propane when running, they burn ZERO when you are not drawing HOT water.. The result is they use less,, over all.
The other advangage is they can heat 2 Gallons per minute easily to shower temp, You never run out of hot water unless you either Run out of A: water or B: propane.
Atwood makes a 10 gallon water heater that fits in a six gallon hat. What it does is over heat the water than mix cold in via an automatic mixing valve so you get 2/3 more hot water... NOTE: the mixing valve is an additional point of failure, but I've not heard bad things about them.
Finally there is a type of water heater called a "Tankless" or "Demand". these run on Propane only.. And ONLY when hot water is requested,, So though they burn a lot of propane when running, they burn ZERO when you are not drawing HOT water.. The result is they use less,, over all.
The other advangage is they can heat 2 Gallons per minute easily to shower temp, You never run out of hot water unless you either Run out of A: water or B: propane.
