hot water

  1. TV

    No Hot water but the heater runs outside

    This problem is solved but I had no hot water in the cabin but the hot water heater ran. It's under the sink there are bypass valves but it's behind a panel which has four screws in it can understand why this didn't get a door on it.
  2. OL

    Bad Shutoff Valves On Hot Water Heater

    I have a 2018 Coachmen Catalina, I winterized it for the second year back in early November 2018 and noticed that when filling the system with antifreeze it started coming out of the rod hole in the water heater. I have the heater in bypass so I assume one or both of the shut off valves no...
  3. BE

    Hot water

    We have a 2019 puma after it was winterized we can’t get our hot water to work on electric. This is a brand new camper. What is the process for when we get to the camper after we hook up water supply in order to get hot water?
  4. CO

    Starting hot water heater

    Looking for help or video link for us 1st time rv'ers for starting hot water heater. We have a 2017 rockwood forest river 122S aframe hard side camper. We are trying to start our hot water heater and not having much luck. Webturned on the propane, hooked up to city water, and turned on the...
  5. MainelyUS

    SMELL from Suburban hot water heater.

    Columbus 340RK: I am having a challenge with solving this problem....I've searched though the FR forum sites but came up short. According to both the FR & Suburban manuals the “rotten egg smell” solution is adding bleach to the hot water tank and the entire water system using a 1/4 cup of beach...
  6. VC

    no water out of hot side

    I'm a first time motorhome user and just purchased a 2015 Coachmen Leprechaun 220QB. I've pretty much figured everything out, but when I fill the fresh water tank and the water pump is on, water will come out of the cold water side, but nothing, hot or cold comes out the hot side. Any help...
  7. Soxfan1957

    Hot water on demand

    Are there any Columbus owners that have hot water on demand systems factory installed on their 5th wheels? And if so, is there any drawbacks or do they work good?
  8. JI

    Location of hot water heater control board 2018 369XL

    Anyone know location they mounted the control board for sw10de suburban heater? Good flame not being sensed so it errors out after 3 attempts. Cleaned electrodes, good ground, want to check connections on board. System will stay lit after a half dozen or so attempts, but error out next time...
  9. FL

    No hot water in kitchen

    So I'm a full timer in Seattle area where current temps are at 19. I have hot water in my bathroom but no hot water (or any water) comes out the hot water fawcet in kitchen. Any ideas? We are keeping it around 65 inside. We have a arctic wolf. We do get cold water out of cold Fawcett.
  10. BL

    hot water heater

    How many people use the electrical function?
  11. RO

    No hot water

    Let me start by saying I’m new to RVing. I did have an experienced individual help me set it up for the first time. I have a 2019 Wildwood FSX. Took it out for the first time and everything worked great except hot water. I’ll start with what we verified. We don’t have a bypass valve on...
  12. Oscarvan

    Further Hot Water System Mods

    As some of you may know my solution to the Atwood problem was to install an in line electric 7 gallon hot water heater. This has actually done a lot more than solve the Atwood problem. It also takes care of the delay and the "cold sandwich" which happens with ANY on demand propane heater located...
  13. DA

    Leaky Suburban 10 Gal Hot Water Tank

    I've a 2011 Berkshire 390BH that has a Suburban 10 gal hot water tank. It appears to be leaking from the heating element chamber that extends into the tank. All fixtures are fine etc., rod is new and no leaks, pressure valve is dry, but when I look into the element chamber there is water...
  14. TO

    Bypass for hot water heater

    2018 forestriver 325 13 wolf pak .looking for the location of bypass valves for hot water tank.anyone know???
  15. jmcesari

    Very little to none at all hot water flow in shower only

    I have checked the outdoor shower, the shut valve is open on the shower head and water is off. I can turn the hot water side on the faucet in the shower only a quarter of the way to sometimes get a trickle and sometimes bearly enough to get mix with cold to get the shower head to function and...
  16. AR

    Hot water heater won’t shut off...

    2010 Flagstaff in new condition (stored in climate controlled shop since new; used 5 times). Everything works like new...except hot water heater on propane side. It ignites perfectly; clean blue flame...but it won’t shut off. I’ve replace the ECO/TSTAT 12V under black cover, to no improvement...
  17. ML

    Hot Water Heater Problem - Newbie

    I am living full time in a Forest River Salem Cruise Lite 2017 rbxl and am a complete newbie. And to be totally honest, I am a girl that's not very mechanically inclined. Everything runs off of electricity except the hot water heater and stove. When taking a shower last evening, I ran out of hot...
  18. WH

    Hot water heater problems in a Cherokee 274vfk.

    We purchased a new 2019 Forest River Cherokee 274vfk. We love everything about the RV except for the performance of the hot water heater. Our previous Starcraft RV had a manual-light gas 6 gallon Suburban hot water heater and my wife and I could take showers one after the other and never run...
  19. JU

    No hot water

    We have no hot water. We have never turned the tank heater on at the control panel and always had hot water. We are currently fully hooked up. We just had our rv Winterized and then dewinterized as we came south. Is there something we now need to do to get hot water?
  20. GR

    Girard GSWH-1M no hot water

    Had our unit checked out at dealer this summer as it had failed and we had no hot water (despite tech support from Girard, replace sail valve,replace brain box) and dealer said there was nothing wrong. We used the unit in South Dakota for a month without incident. Now in Arizona for the winter...
  21. DR

    Hot water low point cap removal problem

    While trying to tighten the cap on the low point hw pipe the whole pipe was twisting. What damage have I done? 2016 r pod 172
  22. DE

    Winterizing accident - Hot water tank explosion

    We finally winterized our Salem LA last night. Hubby and a friend started it before I got there. They had the electric plugged in, pulled the anode rode to drain the hot water heater, then were blowing the system out when there was a LOUD explosion. I was on the door side of the camper and...
  23. AL

    26DBH-L Hot Water

    Hi Everyone, New to RV'ing here, just purchased a 26DBH-L. This past weekend we took it out for the first time and the question is, when taking a shower the hot water runs out before I have a chance to finish, and I am fairly quick. Is this normal? We were connected to 110V and city water...
  24. camp-n-nut

    Rotten egg smell- hot water

    2015 Cedar Creek 34RLSA. Hot water has a rotten egg smell. Cold water is ok. How do I get rid of it?
  25. MA

    Inconsistant hot water amount

    First time this happened: Plenty of hot water for a couple of showers. Two showers had only 2-3 minutes of hot water. I let the WH run until it shut downs between showers. Any thoughts?

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