Question about propane water heater?
Is it best practice to turn off the water heater at night and then light it and turn it back on in the morning for showers? Obviously turning it off will save propane but is it causing additional w...
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Should one shut off their gas furnace at home during the night when they are sleeping?
Can a water heater fail, and then burn? Sure. But what are the chances? If there was anything approaching a problem with water heaters catching on fire, we'd be hearing about it no end on this board, and other RV boards. But all I hear are crickets.
We used to hear volumes about trailer tires, especially the so called "china bombs" exploding all the time. But even then the % of users experiencing that was very, very low.
What % of water heaters do you believe actually burn?
Can a water heater fail, and then burn? Sure. But what are the chances? If there was anything approaching a problem with water heaters catching on fire, we'd be hearing about it no end on this board, and other RV boards. But all I hear are crickets.
We used to hear volumes about trailer tires, especially the so called "china bombs" exploding all the time. But even then the % of users experiencing that was very, very low.
What % of water heaters do you believe actually burn?
proxim2020 wrote:CavemanCharlie wrote:
I don't understand what would go wrong that would be a safety issue ?
They are vented to outside as far as carbon monoxide is concerned. And they have a relief valve if the pressure gets to high. (I suppose you could test the relief valve once a year if you want) But, when was the last time you ever heard of one blowing up ? I think myth busters did a episode on one of them blowing up and they had a hard time getting it to blow up when they wanted it to.
While they have a pretty good track record, the chance of a fire is always present with any appliance that's designed to generate heat. Water heater fires do happen from time to time with both gas and electric water heaters. Waters heater fires can be started by electrical shorts, flames leaping out of the burner tube, gas leaks, blocked flues, failed control boards, etc.
