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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Atlee wrote:
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?
I was responding to CavemanCharlie who didn't see a safety issue beyond carbon monoxide or the water heater blowing up. The fridge, furnace, water heater, stove, and oven are all designed to generate heat. There's always a risk of having a uncontrolled fire when using these items. One of the reasons why these things come equipped with a, albeit useless sometimes, fire extinguisher.
I thought it was a pretty simple point. The point of my post was not to debate if one should or should not turn your water heater off at night. I don't really care if you turn your water heater off or not, what tires you're running, or what you do at home with your furnace.
