Travel Trailer Gas And Electric Water Heater

The water heater gas ignition is controlled by a switch mounted on the inside of your rv.

Travel trailer gas and electric water heater.

This rv water heater uses an automatic direct spark gas pilot and an internal electric heating element to get hot water ready fast. As you might guess an electric water heater heats water using electricity. Unit is small and lightweight for an easy fit in your rv s cabinet. There are three types of rv water heaters with tanks.

The propane heats the water faster but the electric is at no cost to us when using the power that our state park provides. Unit is small and lightweight for an easy fit in your rv s cabinet. In most cases turning it on is easy. Wondering how to start the hot water in your rv.

This rv water heater uses an automatic direct spark gas pilot and an internal electric heating element to get hot water ready fast. Electric water heaters propane water heaters and combination heaters. Then when you re on the move and don t have electricity available you can use your gas tank instead. When you re in an rv park you can hook up to an electricity grid and switch your water heater over to electric.

A water heater for a small house is usually around 40 to 50 gallons. The incoloy electric element provides a recovery rate of 6 1 gallons per hour. Dear rv doctor i have a jayco trailer that has a dual electric propane water heater. Recovers up to 20 gallons of water per hour.

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. Rv water heaters are much smaller than home heaters. Recovers up to 20 gallons of water per hour. Rv water heaters are normally just six to 10 gallons.

For a faster recovery rate of 16 2 gallons per hour use both gas and electric simultaneously. This works fairly well and is great for those who have electricity included in their camping fees and wish to conserve propane.