6 gal electric hot water heater upgrade
Have a 18 ft Jayco and hot water heater went out. Wanting to see if anyone has ever replaced the original with a smaller electric one. Don’t really like the use of propane for anything inside.
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Guy Roan wrote:
I would do it in a heart beat.
We have a 40 foot two year old trailer with a Suburban gas/electric water heater, and as soon as it quits I'll replace it with a 6 gallon residential all electric one like I have at home.
I figured I would maintain this in accordance with the book, and the first year I pulled out the anode to check it and it was still good.
When I put it back in no matter how tight I snugged it, it leaked.
I finally gave up and put a cheater bar on it and figure I would just leave it until it wears out and then replace it with something that is not junk.
My electric one at home is 30 years old and has no anode. I have another one in a guest house that is 20 years old with no anode.
On my last two trailer they were gas/electric with no anode and each of those were just drained once a year and I never had a problem like with this present piece of junk
Guy
Wow! You really hate gas hot water!
I love having gas range and hot water, yes use electric for heat as we get it as part of the campsite. That said I love gas hot water, for the extremely fast recovery, even with two ladies taking showers before me I always had plenty of hot water, even with a 6 gallon tank.
