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    Posted: 06 May 2018 at 7:12pm
If you normally dry camp, just leave the switch off in the water heater compartment and turn the rocker inside the camper for the LP heater in the on position.  Reverse that if you normally camp using 110 shore power.  It doesn't hurt anything (as long as you have water in the HW tank) if you leave the switch in the water heater compartment "on" even though you are dry camping and using propane to heat your water.  If using 110 shore power you can shorten the time it takes to recharge the hot water by having both switches in the on position.  
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Posts: 70 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 06 May 2018 at 8:38pm
Originally posted by Ben Herman

Originally posted by Leo B

You're correct on that switch in the water heater compartment. You just need to make sure there is water in the tank when you use the WH connected to shore power or it will blow the heater element inside the tank.

Another newbie here with a follow-up question - do you have to flip the switch each time you go between shore and lp for the water heater? If so, I definitely want to move the switch. Getting under the bed each time seems like a real pain in the butt 

The second switch on the water heater itself is not under the bed on my Rp-190.  I access the water heater outside with a flip down door.  That second switch is out there.
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