Propane of Electric to heat H2O whilst Full-Time
I live full-time in my 5th wheel. With that in mind, do you guys use propane or electric to heat your water. Suggestions and why please. Thanks guys, David
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Not a full timer, I can dream though.
I don't have an internal switch for WH electric, just the one on the heater outside. When we pull into camp and hook up the water, I switch the electric on and let it run. If we need hot water right away or on the rare occasion that we run out of hot water, I will flip the propane on and let it run along with the electric for quick recovery.
If you have 50A service on the RV, the only reason I can see to do it any differently is if, as others have posted, you have to pay extra for 50A service. Now if you have 30A service, for me it would depend on how the 30A service was set up. When we had the Bounder with 30A service, it had a manual switch to switch either the electric WH or the second air conditioner on. In that situation, we would generally not use the electric during the summer months.
I don't have an internal switch for WH electric, just the one on the heater outside. When we pull into camp and hook up the water, I switch the electric on and let it run. If we need hot water right away or on the rare occasion that we run out of hot water, I will flip the propane on and let it run along with the electric for quick recovery.
If you have 50A service on the RV, the only reason I can see to do it any differently is if, as others have posted, you have to pay extra for 50A service. Now if you have 30A service, for me it would depend on how the 30A service was set up. When we had the Bounder with 30A service, it had a manual switch to switch either the electric WH or the second air conditioner on. In that situation, we would generally not use the electric during the summer months.
