Help with how to operate my HWH

jmcgsd wrote:
In my TT the switch inside the TT turns on the gas function. If you want to run on electric, just turn the switch outside in the heater on and it will turn on the electric heating element. You don't need to do anything inside the trailer.

If you normally camp with hookups you probably never really need to turn on the switch inside the trailer ...

I'd disagree with this completely ... if you turn on the WH electric element and just leave it on for the duration of your stay it's quite easy to exceed the limits of 30 amp campsite service and pull a breaker. :M That electric element can easily pull 12.5 amps, during the hot summer months your A/C could pull another 14 amps, so if you forget and then try to also run your MW oven at the same time it could easily pull another 10 amps, the result being a total draw well in excess of your maximum 30 amp campsite supply. It's understandable that some may want to use their WH's electric heating option to save on propane or to use it along with gas in order to shorten the time it takes for water to heat up again BUT if you do so you want to manage just when that electric element is on and when it's not. That's why it's so much more advantageous to be able to control it from inside the camper rather than have to go outside each time and open the WH hatch in order to access that electric element on/off switch. This is exactly the reason I installed my own switch inside the camper - so I wouldn't have to go through this annoying routine. :S