Water heater operation question

[TruckinRazor]

I have a 2014 Eclipse Attitude 32IBG, We used the trailer once so far. We set up camp at a RV resort with Water and Electric hook ups. We tested the water heater by pressing the button once and some time later tried the water out of the hot side and it was so hot it almost burned my hand. So I thought ok it works. The next time I tried to use it I pressed the button and waited some time 10 minutes and the water was only luke warm.I thought ok doesn't work now...great. I then forgot about it until the next day. I tried again and same result. When I press the button the light stays on about a minute then it would go out.Since the resort had showers i decided to worry about it when i got home.
Does anyone know if the light is supposed to stay on while the heater is on?
Any indication as to if it's on Propane or Electric?

[TruckinRazor]

Old-Biscuit wrote:
What BRAND & MODEL?

Typically it takes 20 mins to heat the water.
T-stats control when to heat the water
On some the light comes on at first until propane lights....some the light only comes on when a fault occurs

Better info with BRAND & MODEL

I'm not sure the brand or model I'm going to the storage unit monday and will find out, the next week I'm using the trailer and won't be able to "test" the heater until I get water in it. Which will be about 39 miles from camp and about 200 miles from any RV dealer..lol

[Old-Biscuit]

What BRAND & MODEL?

Typically it takes 20 mins to heat the water.
T-stats control when to heat the water
On some the light comes on at first until propane lights....some the light only comes on when a fault occurs

Better info with BRAND & MODEL

[Strabo]

Make sure propane is on also unless your using electric to make hot water, in that case you dont use the propane switch on the wall.

How do you have it setup, propane or electric?

[sch911]

The light should go out after a few seconds. If it stays on that indicate a fault. It's takes longer than 10 minutes to heat the water in the tank. Generally we leave the switch on from the time we setup until the time we pack up. It sounds like yours is working just fine.