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Open Roads Forum  >  General RVing Issues  > Water heater, elect or gas? This Topic Is Closed  |  Print Topic  |  Post New Topic  |  Oldest first Newest first  Page of 2   Next DocData3D • View posts Starke, FL Senior Member Joined: 07/15/2009 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Offline Posted: 09/07/10 07:57am Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Our water heater can be powered by both electric of gas and during this past summer (our first full timing) we stick with the gas because the electric was high enough due to the AC. I was considering switching to electric when we move it to NE Florida for the winter months. It still gets cold there and even has occasional overnight freezes. So, are there any thoughts on this, pro or can? Thanks, Dave robsouth • View posts Too Near Atlanta, GA Senior Member Joined: 06/20/2004 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Offline Posted: 09/07/10 08:08am Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator It is merely a personal choice. I sometimes use both. Mostly electric at campgrounds providing electric and gas when electric not available. "Sometimes I just sit and think. Sometimes I just sit." "Great minds like a think." Keith M • View posts Cle Elum Senior Member Joined: 07/28/2002 View Profile Offline Posted: 09/07/10 08:10am Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator The electricity doesnt heat as fast as gas. If you were to leave the gas on you probably wouldnt use that much propane anyways and it doesnt affect the operation of the water heater other than getting heat from two sources. Dick_B • View posts Palos Heights, IL USA Senior Member Joined: 07/10/2002 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Offline Posted: 09/07/10 08:26am Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator In six seasons I have never had the water heater on propane. Electricity is free... Dick_B 2003 SunnyBrook 27FKS 2011 3/4 T Chevrolet Suburban Equal-i-zer Hitch One wife, two bikes (both Electric Schwinn's with motor assist) samsontdog • View posts Oregon, Wash Coast summer, Yuma Az winter Senior Member Joined: 08/06/2002 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Offline Posted: 09/07/10 08:29am Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator I have only run the water heater on propane once or twice in the last 5 years or so. Elect is free at Thousand Trails and the water is always hot samsontdog PinkLeopard • View posts South Lake Tahoe Full Member Joined: 04/22/2010 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Offline Posted: 09/07/10 08:31am Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator How I LOVE this forum...I cannot count the ways...we are just past our 1st month full-timing & experiencing some chilly 30 degree mornings in Tahoe & have been using our heater for a bit each morning to take the chill off the rv. FORGOT to check our propane tank and we are now on "E" - boy does that heater suck the propane! Don't want to have to pack up to go fill the tank when the delivery guy comes on Friday, but HOW HAPPY WAS I to see your post, we had no idea that we, too, have both electric & gas water heater and I've been washing with freezing water - we just switched the tank Our Blog Debby & Bill on the adventure of our lives "Man Plans & God Laughs" 2008 35' Southwind 2010 Subaru Forester toad Clay L • View posts Sioux Falls, South Dakota Senior Member Joined: 07/01/2002 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Offline Posted: 09/07/10 08:40am Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator If electricity is free with the site then that is the obvious choice. However many parks charge for electricity when you stay for a month or more. In that case propane is almost always cheaper to use that electricity. It depends on the cost of electricity and propane of course, but every time I have made the calculation over the last 8 years propane has been the cheapest. If you go HERE you can download a small program that will make the simple calculation for you. It allows you to enter the appliance efficiency. According to an email to me from engineering at Suburban Manufacturing, the efficiency of RV furnaces ranges from 70 to 80 percent. Water heaters are 70 percent on gas. Clay (WA5NMR), Lee (Wife), Katie (cat). Full Timing in a 2004 Winnebago Sightseer 35N, Workhorse chassis, Honda Accord toad Olmedic • View posts Indiana/ Usa New Member Joined: 06/08/2009 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Offline Posted: 09/07/10 09:59am Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator In our first 3 months of FTing, we used electric for our water. But, we also used up an element. After consulting with the manufacturer, they informed us that they recommend gas if we are full time, because the elements will erode away under heavy use. Since then, we have used gas only, and have not not had a problem. I think we used half a tank of propane in our first 5 months, cooking, fridge, and water heater combined. 2006 F350 SD Lariat Dually. Towing a 35' 2010 Jayco Eagle RLSA. Wife's blog about full timing in RV skipnchar • View posts Topeka or somewhere else Senior Member Joined: 12/17/2003 View Profile Posted: 09/07/10 11:10am Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Electric of gas? Definitely those are the way to power it. Good luck / skip 2011 F-150 HD Ecoboost 3.5 V6. 2550 payload, 17,100 GCVWR - 2004 F-150 HD (Traded after 80,000 towing miles) 2007 Rockwood 8314SS 34' travel trailer US Govt survey shows three out of four people make up 75% of the total population MommaJo • View posts Mossyrock, WA--Yuma, AZ Senior Member Joined: 05/13/2002 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Offline Posted: 09/07/10 11:57am Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Olmedic, I can't imagine how you could have used up an element after only 3 months of fulltiming. If that was the case, home hot water tanks would use up heating elements right and left also. Isn't it the water itself that's causing the erosion of the element over time? A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour. This Topic Is Closed  |  Print Topic  |  Post New Topic  |  Oldest first Newest first  Page of 2   Next Open Roads Forum  >  General RVing Issues  > Water heater, elect or gas?

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