โApr-22-2019 10:53 AM
โMay-06-2019 07:07 AM
tatest wrote:Yep!
You want GVWR 1500 to 2000 pounds more than empty weight of the RV. Much less than 1500, you tend to overload. A whole lot more than 2000 pounds, ride will be rougher unless you can load close to GVWR; it is not like air suspensions, which adjust actual spring weights to a ride height.
โMay-06-2019 03:14 AM
โMay-01-2019 06:38 PM
โMay-01-2019 06:13 PM
bobndot wrote:
Lets call them water boilers.
Suburban, Atwood and tankless water boilers :B
โMay-01-2019 06:17 AM
โMay-01-2019 05:48 AM
DrewE wrote:
Alternately, you can just realize that a hot water heater is the heater for the hot water system, just as the engine block heater is the heater for the engine block and a space heater is a heater for the space enclosed in a room.
One may equally well ask why residential hot water heating systems (not potable water heaters, but hydronic room heating) have what is generally called a "boiler" even though the water never ever reaches a boiling temperature....
โApr-30-2019 07:56 PM
โApr-30-2019 11:03 AM
โApr-30-2019 06:23 AM
pnichols wrote:Desert Captain wrote:
Thanks, guys for clearing that up. I usually learn something new almost every time I log in.
Growing up with a Navy Master Chief for a father I vividly recalling him making many corrections... One of my favorites that this Forum often reminds me of regards water heaters.
Every time I ever said "hot water heater" he would explode... It is not a hot water heater, it is a water heater. If the damned water is hot you have no need to heat it!
Seriously dad? I guess it was a Navy thing. LMAO!
:B
Well ... as a lowly ex AF guy ... who am I to bash the Navy.
HOWEVER, a water heater is indeed a hot water heater if one keeps it turned on all the time so as to all the time keep the water in it hot that is already hot. ๐ and :B
โApr-29-2019 11:11 AM
Desert Captain wrote:
Thanks, guys for clearing that up. I usually learn something new almost every time I log in.
Growing up with a Navy Master Chief for a father I vividly recalling him making many corrections... One of my favorites that this Forum often reminds me of regards water heaters.
Every time I ever said "hot water heater" he would explode... It is not a hot water heater, it is a water heater. If the damned water is hot you have no need to heat it!
Seriously dad? I guess it was a Navy thing. LMAO!
:B
โApr-29-2019 10:44 AM
โApr-29-2019 09:50 AM
Desert Captain wrote:
Phil, when we bought our coach used from La Mesa RV they told me it had a 40-gallon tank. It was showing nearly empty and when I went to the gas station it took 50 gallons. That pinned the needle on the gauge and I don't think I have ever gotten that much in again only because I never let it get that low. When I called Nexus and asked for the specs from the original sale it showed the 55-gallon tank the original owners opted and I assume, paid for.
Are you saying your E-450 does not have an AC water heater? I thought all of the Ford Class C's came with them. :h When we do have an electric hook up {which is not all that often} I always run ours on AC and save my propane for heat and cooking.
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โApr-29-2019 07:51 AM
Desert Captain wrote:
Are you saying your E-450 does not have an AC water heater? I thought all of the Ford Class C's came with them. :h When we do have an electric hook up {which is not all that often} I always run ours on AC and save my propane for heat and cooking.
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โApr-29-2019 07:10 AM
โApr-28-2019 11:05 PM
Desert Captain wrote:
My 55-gallon tank takes 55 gallons... No amount of "topping up" changes the physics of the tank. Since I prefer to drive on the top half of the tank and rarely if ever let it get below one quarter where the generator won't run if needed I avoid getting lower than that at all costs.
As always... Opinions and YMMV.
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