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DawgLady
Groupie Joined: 11 Apr 2016 Location: Ashburn, Georgi Online Status: Offline Posts: 94 |
Topic: Hot water heater Posted: 28 Apr 2016 at 7:50pm |
New to podding and don't understand how to make sure hot water heater is on electric when plugged in at camp ground and how to switch to gas when dry camping. Thanks for your help.
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Dawg Lady
2016 R-180 "Lizzy" Georgia |
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furpod
Moderator Group - pHp Joined: 25 Jul 2011 Location: Central KY Online Status: Offline Posts: 6128 |
Posted: 28 Apr 2016 at 7:57pm |
Well.. to use electric, you plug into shore power and turn on the switch in the WH compartment, outside.
To run on gas, you push the water heater switch inside the pod, after turning on the gas at the tank. |
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CharlieM
Senior Member Joined: 23 Nov 2012 Location: N. Colorado Online Status: Offline Posts: 1797 |
Posted: 28 Apr 2016 at 8:04pm |
FIRST: MAKE SURE THE WH IS FULL. You will damage it if you run it on electricity without water. Second: Verify the bypass valves are in the summer position. The middle valve handle should be perpendicular to the pipe; the other two should be parallel to the pipes. Third: Turn on the small black electric switch at the bottom left of the outside WH compartment. You may have to remove a small cotter pin in the switch handle. Forth: At this time the WH will heat if the RPOD is plugged in. It is automatic when you're connected to shore power. Fifth: Make sure the propane lines are free of air by running the stove top 10-20 seconds. If you want to run on propane simply turn on the gas WH switch inside the RPOD. The red light will come on momentarily and go out and you should be able to hear the gas burner. It will run on propane until you turn off the wall switch. For faster heating when you're connected to shore power you can run both gas and electric sides. If you leave both propane and electric on at a CG the electric side will maintain temperature without using propane. It all becomes automatic at that time. |
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Charlie
Northern Colorado OLD: 2013 RP-172, 2010 Honda Pilot 3.5L 4WD PRESENT: 2014 Camplite 21RBS, 2013 Supercharged Tacoma 4L V6 4WD |
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this_is_nascar
Senior Member Joined: 24 Jan 2010 Location: NJ Online Status: Offline Posts: 466 |
Posted: 29 Apr 2016 at 6:15am |
Can't stress enough to make sure that tank is full before throwing that electric switch.
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DawgLady
Groupie Joined: 11 Apr 2016 Location: Ashburn, Georgi Online Status: Offline Posts: 94 |
Posted: 29 Apr 2016 at 8:12am |
Thanks bunches!
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Dawg Lady
2016 R-180 "Lizzy" Georgia |
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Don Halas
Senior Member Joined: 01 Jul 2015 Location: Connecticut Online Status: Offline Posts: 190 |
Posted: 29 Apr 2016 at 10:38am |
We got our Rpod last July and have been in it a total of about 12 nights. Until this year, post de-winterization I tried to get hot water with the electric but it didn't appear to be operating. I thought perhaps I'd 'blow-out' the heating element in error and ordered a replacement. When the replacement came I checked the resistance of it and the one in the heater and they were the same. Also checked and there was power both at the AC switch and the element terminals.
So, I tried it again and the heater works. But it takes much much longer to heat than propane. About an hour or more I'd guess. So the lesson I learned is that the AC power takes a long time. If you need hot water quickly or in any volume use the propane option. Otherwise once on shore power be patient and you can rely on the AC to keep a reasonable amount of water hot on demand. |
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GLBCamper
Senior Member Joined: 30 Jun 2015 Location: Oregon Online Status: Offline Posts: 274 |
Posted: 29 Apr 2016 at 11:25am |
What do you mean when you say you thought you'd "blow out" the element?
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CharlieM
Senior Member Joined: 23 Nov 2012 Location: N. Colorado Online Status: Offline Posts: 1797 |
Posted: 29 Apr 2016 at 11:43am |
I take some exception to this claim. My measurements indicate the gas side is about 50% faster, but from 77F water the recovery times are 23 and 35 minutes for gas or electric respectively and 14 minutes for the combination. The Suburban spec sheet shows full recovery of 10.7/6 gallons per hour, but that's from very cold water as I discussed. http://rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3601&KW=recovery&PID=34220&title=water-heater-recovery#34220 |
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Charlie
Northern Colorado OLD: 2013 RP-172, 2010 Honda Pilot 3.5L 4WD PRESENT: 2014 Camplite 21RBS, 2013 Supercharged Tacoma 4L V6 4WD |
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Don Halas
Senior Member Joined: 01 Jul 2015 Location: Connecticut Online Status: Offline Posts: 190 |
Posted: 29 Apr 2016 at 3:17pm |
Blow out meaning firing the AC up without water in the tank.
Well I live in CT and not likely that my hose water or anything stored in the tanks was 77F when I tried this two weeks ago. And this is just an observation, not meant to be considered fact. |
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CharlieM
Senior Member Joined: 23 Nov 2012 Location: N. Colorado Online Status: Offline Posts: 1797 |
Posted: 29 Apr 2016 at 4:16pm |
Well I confess I didn't consider CT in mid April. My main point was the gas system is only 50% more effective than the electric side. We use both simultaneously if we need hot from a "cold" start, but otherwise the electric element works fine. That said, even the dual systems won't help the long shower problem . Still going to get cold. |
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Charlie
Northern Colorado OLD: 2013 RP-172, 2010 Honda Pilot 3.5L 4WD PRESENT: 2014 Camplite 21RBS, 2013 Supercharged Tacoma 4L V6 4WD |
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