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Matt1221
Explorer
Feb 27, 2020

We were shocked to learn our newly purchased TT

Is it true that a 2020 keystone hideout 338lhs could only have a gas water heater?? That's what the lady who showed us the features of the trailer said, but I wasn't 100% sure she knew what she was ta...
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Huntindog
Explorer
Mar 05, 2020
afidel wrote:
Huntindog wrote:
RoyF wrote:
I agree with mockturtle about turning gas heater off at night. If I am dry camping then the water heater is turned on in the morning for dish washing and showers, then it is turned off. The water stays warm all day long.
Do you turn your water heater "off" in your house as well? Same logic applies, except it has a much bigger tank, and will stay warm even longer.

Besides, warm isn't hot.


At home there isn't a bunk bed 6" above the water heater and that water heater wasn't made to RV industry "standards". I turn mine off at night because the thought of harming my kid because I was too selfish to wait a few minutes for hot water would be enough to drive me to suicide.


Fear, no matter how irrational is a powerful motivater. Our present health scare in the media is a prime example.

I am not sure what scares you about the water heater... But consider this: your TT has propane tanks. Have you ever seen what the results of a propane explosion can be? I have. I was first on the scene of a fellow field trial participant and friend that had a propane
explosion. It was horrific. Sparing the details, he died about 2 weeks later.

Obviously, some things went wrong, and some bad decisions were made. I will note that debri went over 200 yards... So whether you are 6" or 20 ft away isn't gonna make a lot of difference.

Yes I still use propane, and I respect it. But I am not scared of it.

If you are scared to go to sleep around it, why are you OK with it when awake? My friend that died was awake when his accident occured.

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