Water Heater replacement

midnightsadie wrote:
I've heard a lot of bad about tankless.

Same here. Daughter has one in her home. It keeps the bills low, but cycles in LOUDLY if the Hot is turned on even for a second and that's annoying. Her home is also connected to a Natural Gas Line.

I don't think Tankless will save any Propane in an RV application. But the biggest issue I find with daughter's tankless is that it seems to need a LOT of water flow to get the Hot and Cold balanced to a comfortable temperature for usage like a Shower. It's easy enough to get the right temp for washing dishes, but Shower seems to fluctuate uncomfortably. So, unless you're always on Full Hookup providing unlimited Fresh and Gray Water capacity to dink with temperature balance, I'm gonna stick with my premise that Demand isn't good in an RV. What it DOES DO is for the Coach builder. It saves a fair amount of Weight and a LOT of space. Sounds "High Tech" too.

EDIT: You don't say which Make/Model of Water Heater you have, but I want to suggest you replace a Brand (usually Atwood or Suburban) with the Same Brand. If you replace Atwood with Suburban, your space may not be long enough down the side of the coach, and you need to cut the wall opening larger. Suburban with Atwood, you have too "long" a hole in the side of your coach, and may come up short on depth crosswise into the coach. This is because Atwood's tank lies lengthwise and Suburban's is crosswise.