Unsatisfactory Behavior of Tankless Water Heater
Our 2014 Jayco Melbourne 29D came with a tankless water heater. Dealer says that it is working normally but we don't believe it for one minute.
From day one, it has been impossible to get it to put out a continuous stream of hot water for, say, 30 to 60 seconds, before water abruptly turns cold for a period of time. Then burner comes on again for a while.
When taking a typical shower, is not unusual that you would go through 3 cold-hot-cold-hot-cold-hot-cold cycles. I'm talking full water flow rate, not touching ANYTHING. Trying to mix hot and cold water makes the problem even worse, so you have to control the hot water temperature from the dial on the other side of the walkway. Of course, problem is same at the sinks, and same whether water source is tank or city.
I don't know how many different models of Class C motor home have this type of water heater, and possibly travel trailers, but we are very interested in getting some indication of whether this type of problem is generally recognized. If it is, I would think there would be a lot of squawks about it. Wish we could go back to a tank type water heater, with which we've never had any sort of problem, but I suspect that is impractical and we're stuck with this thing.
Thanks for any help you may be able to provide on this.
From day one, it has been impossible to get it to put out a continuous stream of hot water for, say, 30 to 60 seconds, before water abruptly turns cold for a period of time. Then burner comes on again for a while.
When taking a typical shower, is not unusual that you would go through 3 cold-hot-cold-hot-cold-hot-cold cycles. I'm talking full water flow rate, not touching ANYTHING. Trying to mix hot and cold water makes the problem even worse, so you have to control the hot water temperature from the dial on the other side of the walkway. Of course, problem is same at the sinks, and same whether water source is tank or city.
I don't know how many different models of Class C motor home have this type of water heater, and possibly travel trailers, but we are very interested in getting some indication of whether this type of problem is generally recognized. If it is, I would think there would be a lot of squawks about it. Wish we could go back to a tank type water heater, with which we've never had any sort of problem, but I suspect that is impractical and we're stuck with this thing.
Thanks for any help you may be able to provide on this.
