View Poll Results: Which water heater type would you like in your current or next Montana?
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Tankless on demand, LP gas only
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40.00% |
12 gallon LP gas with electric
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60.00% |
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04-15-2022, 07:38 AM
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#1
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Monroe
Posts: 183
M.O.C. #15746
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Water Heater: Tankless or Gas / Electric
What water heater do you want in your current or next RV? Tankless (gas only) or 12 gallon gas and electric.
More Montana owners are talking about tankless water heaters. Some owners have installed them in place of the traditional gas and electric water heater.
Please vote. Comments will help, but always vote.
Your input it valuable.
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DBA Samtana
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04-15-2022, 07:57 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Granger TX
Posts: 2,593
M.O.C. #21044
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We love our tankless water heater. We never boondock - always in a park.
Its nice to be able to take a long hot shower, or SW fills the full size tub for a long soak. I started RVing with my Mom and Dad in 1967 - so after 50 years of Navy showers - the IW-60 changes our camping experience. No more Navy showers.
My unit did not move for 2 years thru covid (late Dec 2019 - Oct 2021).
During that time something happened to the Suburban water heater. Did not discover it until a couple of weeks before we were leaving for a long trip, and we had no hot water. I searched the internet a bit, could not find much info - so we decided to pull the trigger are order a new IW-60. The install for the new one was very simple. I put the old one in a box in the garage. I later found info showing to check a certain spot for spider webs. I would have been a simple fix. Well now we have a spare.
Sam - one thing you should consider adding to the system is easily accessed points to hookup and flush and descale the unit. I need to add this plumbing to my system. I still need to work out the location of the cut-off valves and connections, but I plan to poke connections thru the storage compartment bulkhead...then for my annual maintenance - I can just hook up some hoses, use a bucket of vinegar and a Harbor Freight cheap pump and run the descale cycle for a bit. I want to make it as easy as possible to access and run...we'll see.
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MikenDebbie Aggie ‘77 in the sticks near Austin TX
2019 Chevy 3500 High Country DRW
2018 Montana 3921FB
Aussie Gus + Texas Heeler Jimmy
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07-05-2022, 08:44 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jan 2022
Location: Shingle Springs
Posts: 2,573
M.O.C. #30417
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Gas and electric. If I'm in a full hook up site I'll use the electricity provided as opposed to LPG I paid for.
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Tony & Donna & the best dog ever, Murphy.
2022 Montana HC, 295RL, Solar Flex 400, Onan 3600 LPG, 2K inverter, 200AH Lithium. 2020 GMC Denali 2500 6.6 Duramax, Demco 21K Auto Slide
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07-05-2022, 08:50 AM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Dec 2021
Location: Schertz, TX
Posts: 202
M.O.C. #30294
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Foldbak
Gas and electric. If I'm in a full hook up site I'll use the electricity provided as opposed to LPG I paid for.
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Same here, gas and electric. If we were full timing I would have to try to do the math on cost. And perhaps I might reconsider if I needed to replace mine for some reason...
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Clark & Peggy
2022 Montana 3791RD, 800i solar, 2x100ah Battleborn
2017 Ford F350, CC, LB, 6.7, 4x4
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07-05-2022, 08:58 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Oct 2019
Location: Jacksonville
Posts: 2,233
M.O.C. #25165
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Another vote for gas/electric here. I seldom use the gas unless we only have a 30 amp service. Many of the South Carolina campgrounds we frequent have dual 30 amp plugs, so still not full 100 amps provided by a 50 amp service.
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Robert & Diana McNeal
2019 Montana Legacy 3791RD 20th Anniversary Edition
2014 F350 4x4 6.7L SRW
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07-05-2022, 11:26 AM
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Site Team
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: Oro Valley
Posts: 4,081
M.O.C. #20477
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This poll was closed months ago.
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Zack and Donna plus Millie and Ranger
2018 3160RL
"Life is too short to stay indoors, enjoy the ride!"
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