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Old 06-29-2004, 05:12 PM   #3
sreigle
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Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Oceanside
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M.O.C. #20
We use the breaker on our '03 3295RK but I don't believe it would work as easily for you as it does for us. I think yours has the better electrical setup than ours but you probably have the inside panel that requires a coin or screwdriver to turn four little holddown pins, making access to the breakers a bit difficult. Ours has the older electrical system. Our access panel has a single holddown which is very quick and easy to turn with just the fingers. The panel is hinged on the bottom. I can open the panel, flip the breaker, and close it all back up in less than five seconds.

So the breaker method is probably not a good solution for you.

We sometimes run electric and gas at the same time. It speeds recovery time. I don't know if all water heaters are like this but ours gets hotter on gas than on electric alone. During the summer, electric only usually works fine for us. In the winter we run both.
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