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Malster1
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Jun 29, 2017

Help upgrading to lp/electric heater 120 switch

I am upgrading my LP 6g water heater that doesn't work with a dual LP/Eletric heater from Atwood. The question/ issue I ran into is my 120 panel doesn't have room to add another breaker. I saw on a yo...
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Joe417
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Jun 29, 2017
That sounds like a great idea. I need to implement something like that in our 5th W. That would stop a lot of running to reset the breaker. Still wouldn't stop it all as the wife has a hair dryer and electric skillet.

I do a lot of electrical work and would go with a standard 3 way light switch simply because they are easy to find and cheap. Most are made for 15Amp. Not sure if they make a 20 amp version.

Any electrical/hardware store sells them.

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