Water Heater power consumption
I have a 2003 Alumascape trailer with a 6 gallon water heater. The water heater is powered by propane or 110 volts when connected to electricity. I just bought a 2000w Yamaha generator and it will n...
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Dalo wrote:
OP here. My fridge was on propane. I ran the generator for about 1 hour with nothing A/C on (except the converter). Water heater was all original and I have never had any problems with it. I usually do run it on propane but since I just bought this Yamaha 2000w gen I thought I'd give it a try on 110volts. Gen would immediately bog down and sound like it was going to die.
Thanks for all your responses. It looks like I'll be running it on propane when I'm dry camping.
You should be able to easily run the water heater with your generator.
My Honda EU2000i has run water heaters on a few different campers with different manufacturer heaters with no issues.
Is your electric heater element bad?
Take it out and check it for corrosion.
