water heater difference Residential - Mobile Home

Other than the sticker......... and I assume the test it must pass........ the only difference I see is that the water inlet and outlet are on the side of the water heater. I know that some electric heaters have lower wattage elements.

Your insurance company might raise a ruckus if the unapproved WH causes a fire or other damage to your home.

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It has to do with the combustion chamber and the flue.

Bessie-Hunter wrote:
It has to do with the combustion chamber and the flue.

Since it is an electric water heater, the flue is on the power plant. :D

At one time, mobile homes had electric water heaters with the heating element external to the tank, talk about dangerous, but it had the wonderful sticker.

Ok, but I was talking electric.
The more a person digs into this, the more we find it is 100% politics.
I just wish I was on the positive money end of it all.

Smaller diameter or some at 120V.

Lynnmor wrote:

Bessie-Hunter wrote:
It has to do with the combustion chamber and the flue.

Since it is an electric water heater, the flue is on the power plant. :D

At one time, mobile homes had electric water heaters with the heating element external to the tank, talk about dangerous, but it had the wonderful sticker.

I guess if I would have read "electric HW" instead of just reading difference between residential and mobile home, my answer would have been different.

From what I could glean online, the differences are mainly the form factor (where the pipes attach, etc) and the all-important magical sticker. I'm guessing the additional expense is mostly to cover the magical sticker and the testing/approvals needed to be allowed to put It on the heater.

The HUD approval is only required by law, at the national level, for initial sale. State or local laws, or insurance company requirements, might well preclude the use of a non-HUD-approved electric water heater none the less.

DrewE wrote:
From what I could glean online, the differences are mainly the form factor (where the pipes attach, etc) and the all-important magical sticker. I'm guessing the additional expense is mostly to cover the magical sticker and the testing/approvals needed to be allowed to put It on the heater.

The HUD approval is only required by law, at the national level, for initial sale. State or local laws, or insurance company requirements, might well preclude the use of a non-HUD-approved electric water heater none the less.

Could also have something to do with production volume. The stuff everyone buys is usually cheaper just because of that.