Gas or electric water heater
Which mode do all of you use. I can use both in my new trailer but I guess I was just wondering which to use and why. I used the gas heater on my last trip to save on watt usage but the people in the ...
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We have an electric element in our HWT but rarely use it. I installed full electric heating in our 30 amp TT and we never use the furnace anymore. We could run the electric element and heating if needed tho. With around 55 nights of camping last season, we used less than 1 tank of propane. Our propane gets used for hot water, outdoor grill, fridge and stove.
Seems to me that the amount of propane used by the little 6 gallon HWT is pretty small compared to the rest of the appliances and there's not really a lot of fuel savings to be gained by going electric. We prefer the faster recovery of propane and have used the electric element in addition only a few times when we've had back to back showers.
What I really enjoy is using CG power for our interior space heating - that's where the big savings is... :)
Seems to me that the amount of propane used by the little 6 gallon HWT is pretty small compared to the rest of the appliances and there's not really a lot of fuel savings to be gained by going electric. We prefer the faster recovery of propane and have used the electric element in addition only a few times when we've had back to back showers.
What I really enjoy is using CG power for our interior space heating - that's where the big savings is... :)
