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Post by katiebronleewe on Mar 5, 2016 5:38:23 GMT -8
We vented it out the side. The hose for the shower is long enough to use for rinsing dishes. I still heat a bit of water on the stove for washing and rinsing for just a few dishes, but for a meal where we are having soup or a salad in addition to the main course and dessert, we use the shower hose to rinse them in the open door of the shower. It's not necessarily pretty, but it's simple and it works just fine. And yes, we do sometimes have a full on three course dinner. I love to cook, and we both love to have company in Hamlet for a meal, so the shower hose comes in really handy. Ok, so you didn't connect it to have hot water come out of your sink faucet. I will have to see if there's a way to use one of these small portable ones to get hot water from the faucet. |
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Post by Ten on Mar 5, 2016 6:55:38 GMT -8
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Post by mobiltec on Mar 5, 2016 7:08:59 GMT -8
The bathroom in the Super is also a shower. Besides I'm not going to mess around with a nightmare like that in a small space. |
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Post by katiebronleewe on Mar 5, 2016 10:25:50 GMT -8
Is it possible to get hot water from the city water faucet in the sink? Ours is just a copper line that has a place to connect it to city water outside underneat the trailer. Is it possible to route that through an on demand heater? Or we would only route the fresh water tank through the heater?
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Post by Ten on Mar 5, 2016 11:59:10 GMT -8
You would need a second line. Split the inlet side after the hookup to the shore water, split it off to the water heater, and add a second line to the sink. You would also need to install a faucet to handle a two-line setup.
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Post by Ten on Mar 5, 2016 12:19:26 GMT -8
The bathroom in the Super is also a shower. Besides I'm not going to mess around with a nightmare like that in a small space. My opinion, for whatever it is worth, is that the on-demand setup is a great option in the Compact, and may be also in others around the same size, that were never set up with hot water (or even a bathroom) to begin with. It is not really intended to replace completely a full-time self-contained type setup. The reality is that the venting needed as well as the plumbing and fuel, take up every bit as much room overall as the original heaters in the trailers like the Super, or others that were originally equipped with hot water. The older units were nearly always the Atwood heaters, and as was pointed out, the new ones are built to the same specs as they were 50 years ago and will fit right into the same space as the old installation.  If the design ain't broke, there is no real reason to fix it. As far as adding to a trailer that was not equipped to begin with, one that falls into the 15'- 20' range should offer plenty of options for adding the Atwood, possibly even more so than the on-demand. It will always be a matter of preference, though, as far as what will fit the needs of the user. |
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Post by katiebronleewe on Mar 6, 2016 6:16:48 GMT -8
The bathroom in the Super is also a shower. Besides I'm not going to mess around with a nightmare like that in a small space. My opinion, for whatever it is worth, is that the on-demand setup is a great option in the Compact, and may be also in others around the same size, that were never set up with hot water (or even a bathroom) to begin with. It is not really intended to replace completely a full-time self-contained type setup. The reality is that the venting needed as well as the plumbing and fuel, take up every bit as much room overall as the original heaters in the trailers like the Super, or others that were originally equipped with hot water. The older units were nearly always the Atwood heaters, and as was pointed out, the new ones are built to the same specs as they were 50 years ago and will fit right into the same space as the old installation. If the design ain't broke, there is no real reason to fix it. As far as adding to a trailer that was not equipped to begin with, one that falls into the 15'- 20' range should offer plenty of options for adding the Atwood, possibly even more so than the on-demand. It will always be a matter of preference, though, as far as what will fit the needs of the user. Where are these generally located in the trailer? Also, are you then towing around that many more gallons of hot water? I'm thinking about tow weight... |
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Post by mobiltec on Mar 6, 2016 7:30:00 GMT -8
Well we have almost two pages of water heater thread here. I'm not going to tackle putting a tankless in this trailer. If you go back to page one where the before photos are you can see where the water heater is located. Just aft of the front door.
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Post by Ten on Mar 6, 2016 9:16:31 GMT -8
Kinda did hijack your thread here....  Sorry 'bout that, Larry...  |
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Post by katiebronleewe on Mar 6, 2016 13:27:31 GMT -8
Oh I'm sorry too. I contributed to most of the water heater discussion. Wasn't thinking!
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Post by Ten on Mar 10, 2016 19:17:00 GMT -8
Thank you, powers that be, for breaking off this discussion...  . |
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Post by vikx on Mar 10, 2016 20:24:17 GMT -8
Y'all can keep going now...
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Post by scotsman on Sept 17, 2016 20:03:48 GMT -8
I have a tankless water heater that came with my 60 scotsman. I am redoing all. Do i keep it or look for something smaller. It vent out the top. Judy
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Sorry 'bout that, Larry... 
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