Water Hearter Source For 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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ajriding wrote:
Electric is cheaper for those that care.
Ele is free in campgrounds if you paid already.
The gas will create more exhaust heat than the electric element. The ele element is in the water so is closer to 100% efficency where the gas loses a lot of heat to exhaust fumes. The heat in the flu or chimney could cause acceleration of rusting or degradation of material. Unlike a refrigerator, the boiler has a very short run to the outside for the gas exhaust.
With gas you are heating the outside of the container (outside of the water) and you hear creaking and cracking. You hear less cracking with the electric. So, less metal expansion is happening, less metal fatigue overall with ele since the element is in the water and nothing gets over 180 degrees in the entire ele process.
Thank you:
That is exactly the information I was looking for. I see it more and more on this forum: "misinterpret what the question is, instead of reading the black part"!!
Think about this in relative terms, not stringent scientific terms as I know people will want to argue as if this were a scientific journal...
