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buylow12
Explorer
Mar 06, 2018

Water Temperature on Suburban Gas/Electric Water Heater

I'd like to be able to increase the water temperature but I'm not sure where to find a replacement that is higher or even better is simply adjustable. They look like this on mine. There are two of ...
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DrewE
Explorer II
Mar 06, 2018
RV water heaters typically are set to 140 from the factory. If Doug says otherwise for this model, believe what he says and disregard what I've written. (That's good advice on most of these sorts of issues, truth be told.)

One of the two thermostats in each pair is a high temperature safety cutoff, in case the normal thermostat should fail. The other is the "real" thermostat.

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