As you might guess an electric water heater heats water using electricity.
Travel trailer gas and electric water heater.
When you re in an rv park you can hook up to an electricity grid and switch your water heater over to electric.
Recovers up to 20 gallons of water per hour.
The propane heats the water faster but the electric is at no cost to us when using the power that our state park provides.
The water heater gas ignition is controlled by a switch mounted on the inside of your rv.
For a faster recovery rate of 16 2 gallons per hour use both gas and electric simultaneously.
We don t need hot water right away so we have been using the electric mode for the first year we have used the unit.
The incoloy electric element provides a recovery rate of 6 1 gallons per hour.
This works fairly well and is great for those who have electricity included in their camping fees and wish to conserve propane.
Then when you re on the move and don t have electricity available you can use your gas tank instead.
A water heater for a small house is usually around 40 to 50 gallons.
Recovers up to 20 gallons of water per hour.
However whether gas or electric the concept of heating water using a water heater is the same as your home appliance.
In most cases turning it on is easy.
Unit is small and lightweight for an easy fit in your rv s cabinet.
You simply locate your rv electric water heater switch and toggle it to on if your camper water heater is in gas mode the igniter will have to click on the pilot light or the pilot light may even need to be lit manually.
Electric water heaters propane water heaters and combination heaters.
There are three types of rv water heaters with tanks.
This rv water heater uses an automatic direct spark gas pilot and an internal electric heating element to get hot water ready fast.
Wondering how to start the hot water in your rv.
Rv water heaters are normally just six to 10 gallons.
This rv water heater uses an automatic direct spark gas pilot and an internal electric heating element to get hot water ready fast.
Rv water heaters are much smaller than home heaters.