Tankless water heater

[shirleyj62]

We are new owners of a Jayco Precept MH. We are currently in our second week of using it. One thing we are having a difficult time with is the tankless water heater.

Not only are we suffering from the scorching hot/freezing cold syndrome of the water, but we are also concerned about the amount of water usage. Most of our camping is done at state parks, COE, or county parks. The majority of these are not full hookups. In the past we took "navy" showers so we could limit the amount of gray water in our tank. The tankless water does not seem to like the off/on of the water. In addition prior camping units ran on either propane or electric. We always used the electric conserving our propane.

We have tried talking to our dealer about switching out the tankless water heater for the conventional water heater. So far he has been reluctant to even discuss it.

Has anyone else switched out their water heater? If so, may I ask how expensive it is to do so?

Any other advice/suggestions you may have would be welcome.

Thank you,

Shirley

[xctraveler]

If your tankless is Precision Temp call the service number 800-934-9690 and talk it through with Gary. He can explain how to resolve most of your problems. When working correctly it does not use a lot of propane as it only heats when you are drawing water. We have a one handle shower and just turn it off and back on when taking Navy showers. It works much better then the dribble closure which does not work at all with the Precision Temp. If you have the Girard my understanding is be prepared to eat the expense of changing out. I cannot imagine a dealer making the change for either of them at their expense, why should they, you bought a feature 🙂

[2bzy2c]

That would be my thought as well. It simply may need an adjustment.

[Mr_Mark1]

Shirley, I guess my question is.... are you sure that the tankless is working properly?

We have a hot water tank AND a tankless for the shower. I turn off the shower to lather up and the water is hot no matter how long I keep it off and then restart.

MM.

[shirleyj62]

Dick_B wrote:
Isn't this a duplicate of a few days ago?
If not, search this Forum for `tankless' and read on.

This is not a duplicate. Since our dealer will not discuss removing the tankless heater, I'm trying to figure out if this is even an option for us regarding costs and hassle. I'm hoping that those persons who had it removed, could give us a ballpark figure of what it costs them.

Thanks

Shirley

[Dick_B]

Isn't this a duplicate of a few days ago?
If not, search this Forum for `tankless' and read on.