On-demand water heaters – do they work?
We have a new Thor brand class C motorhome with an tankless Girard Brand RV water heater. In the shower the water will temporarily turn warm after the hot water faucet is on and run for a while, but ...
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If you pop over to the Jayco forum you'll find out a ton of information on living with the Girards. we've got a Gen II Girard in ours and have learned some of it's quirks.
They are very sensitive to changes in flow. So adequate pressure is a must. For those campgrounds without enough flow, I just fill the fresh water tank and then pump from that to shower.
You might have a Gen III Girard, and it's a bit different, but essentially you want to shower with only the hot water spigot on. You adjust the temp so that it's comfortable coming out of the one, hot, tap. Trying to mix in cold water to cool it down usually doesn't work.
Nope, they're not good for boondocking. But we're a family of five and when on full hookups, a tankless water heater is pretty nice!
They are very sensitive to changes in flow. So adequate pressure is a must. For those campgrounds without enough flow, I just fill the fresh water tank and then pump from that to shower.
You might have a Gen III Girard, and it's a bit different, but essentially you want to shower with only the hot water spigot on. You adjust the temp so that it's comfortable coming out of the one, hot, tap. Trying to mix in cold water to cool it down usually doesn't work.
Nope, they're not good for boondocking. But we're a family of five and when on full hookups, a tankless water heater is pretty nice!
