I was wondering if anyone has any experience with the Girard tank-less water heater or any other tank-less water heaters? pros and cons? It seems like it would be a good thing, less weight, endless hot water if hooked up to water, less fuel to run it.
Thanks
Mmalenski said
08:38 PM Jun 28, 2012
I was looking at the rv 500, but have not seen it working. Before I drop down a 1000.00 I would like to see it in action. But I to love the idea of endless hot water. I always look for them at RV shows but have never seen any dealers
Terry and Jo said
10:00 PM Jun 28, 2012
I can't answer to the effectiveness of any of the tankless water heaters, but I'll just throw out a thought that I've had regarding them for some time.
Being familiar with propane because I used to be in the busines of delivering the stuff, I would think that for a LP tankless heater to work it would have to have a significantly larger amount of flame in order to really heat the water up as it passes by the burner(s).
With that in mind, I'm not sure I want a system on an RV with that much of a flame that is not where it can be monitored at all times. For instance, I can see the large amount of flame on the cooktop, but I couldn't on a tankless water heater.
Note: Since we on 50AMP without a meter 90% of the time, we heat our hot water with electricity most of the time. We are willing to live with the limits of a 10 gallon hot water tank. But not everyone is like us and using propane exclusively is fine for many, especially if they want endless hot water.
Terry and Jo said
12:58 AM Jun 29, 2012
Bill,
Your link just brought me right back to the same thread where you posted it.
However, if one is logged in and uses the search function with "tankless hot water" as a search phrase, there are a number of threads dealing with that style of heater, although perhaps not about the Girard units.
Terry
bjoyce said
04:56 AM Jun 29, 2012
Activeboard is very strange since this thread is t49802881 and the one I linked to was t45381938. Anyway it was down the "RV Accessories" forum with a title of "Endless Hot Water".
I was wondering if anyone has any experience with the Girard tank-less water heater or any other tank-less water heaters? pros and cons? It seems like it would be a good thing, less weight, endless hot water if hooked up to water, less fuel to run it.
Thanks
I can't answer to the effectiveness of any of the tankless water heaters, but I'll just throw out a thought that I've had regarding them for some time.
Being familiar with propane because I used to be in the busines of delivering the stuff, I would think that for a LP tankless heater to work it would have to have a significantly larger amount of flame in order to really heat the water up as it passes by the burner(s).
With that in mind, I'm not sure I want a system on an RV with that much of a flame that is not where it can be monitored at all times. For instance, I can see the large amount of flame on the cooktop, but I couldn't on a tankless water heater.
Perhaps, thay are safe, but I won't have one.
Terry
Tankless hot water heaters were recently discussed here - http://rv-dreams.activeboard.com/t45381938/endless-hot-water/ .
Note: Since we on 50AMP without a meter 90% of the time, we heat our hot water with electricity most of the time. We are willing to live with the limits of a 10 gallon hot water tank. But not everyone is like us and using propane exclusively is fine for many, especially if they want endless hot water.
Bill,
Your link just brought me right back to the same thread where you posted it.
However, if one is logged in and uses the search function with "tankless hot water" as a search phrase, there are a number of threads dealing with that style of heater, although perhaps not about the Girard units.
Terry