Storing/traveling with gas for portable gen
Hello all. Thanks in advance for the advice and insight you folks always offer. I recently switched from a class C with a built in gen to a travel trailer to pull with my truck and after buying ...
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Dave H M wrote:When a electric water heater calls for heating the water a electric contact is made that powers the heating element. This creates a spark, same with a light swith. Most gas water heaters use a electric spark ignition same as most furnaces.
co0llie, I don't get it.
a gas water heater with an open flame pilot light is always on. If it is modernized so it does not have an open flame pilot it still has flames when heating.
So where are those electrical sparks going to come from if everything is operating properly and the water heater is electric?
The only way to have a explosions proof room would be to go with intrinsically safe appliances.
