LOUD water heaters
At 4:30am I was awake.. don't know why. As I was trying to doze off, I heard a loud thumping noise, like someone beating the ground with a hammer. After about 8 thumps I heard a loud WHOOSHH! ..that unmistakeable roar of a gas water heater.
I couldn't believe how I could be hearing that, because nobody was camped near me. The roar kept up for at least 30 minutes, so I finally got annoyed enough to go outside and see where it was coming from. Across the dirt road, about 150' from me, was a large MH and a 5th wheel. I still couldn't tell exactly which rig it was, but it was one of those. I went back to bed, and I think that heater ran for another 20 minutes. He must have a very large HW tank or a very inefficient burner.
8am. I'm outside getting water, and I see the MH owner working under the hood of his car. The heater was on.. and loud. I caught his attention and said "Oh.. that's what I heard at 4am.." He said "What?". I said "your water heater.. can't you hear that?" He said " Oh.. yeah." End of conversation.
That thing was as loud as an idling Honda generator, which there are strict rules for running. I was entertaining the idea of asking the office to add Gas Water Heaters to that list -especially ones that loud. If someone NEEDS hot water that's one thing, but we're all retired here and there's no reason for it. If I were parked next to that I would have definitely been awakened, and very angry. I don't know how anyone in the MH could sleep through that.
I've probably made another enemy. Good thing I'm leaving here today.
I couldn't believe how I could be hearing that, because nobody was camped near me. The roar kept up for at least 30 minutes, so I finally got annoyed enough to go outside and see where it was coming from. Across the dirt road, about 150' from me, was a large MH and a 5th wheel. I still couldn't tell exactly which rig it was, but it was one of those. I went back to bed, and I think that heater ran for another 20 minutes. He must have a very large HW tank or a very inefficient burner.
8am. I'm outside getting water, and I see the MH owner working under the hood of his car. The heater was on.. and loud. I caught his attention and said "Oh.. that's what I heard at 4am.." He said "What?". I said "your water heater.. can't you hear that?" He said " Oh.. yeah." End of conversation.
That thing was as loud as an idling Honda generator, which there are strict rules for running. I was entertaining the idea of asking the office to add Gas Water Heaters to that list -especially ones that loud. If someone NEEDS hot water that's one thing, but we're all retired here and there's no reason for it. If I were parked next to that I would have definitely been awakened, and very angry. I don't know how anyone in the MH could sleep through that.
I've probably made another enemy. Good thing I'm leaving here today.
