Choosing An RV Water Heater For Your Next Trip
If you’re buying a recreational vehicle (RV) to zip across the continent on an extended trip, then one of your concerns will be your RV water heater. Generally, RVs come with hookups to water systems you’ll find at campgrounds or other places, and there is usually a holding tank of some sort.
It may not hold a high volume, but can do in a pinch. There will also be a heater as well, so you’ll have warm water as needed. Gas water heaters are usually fuelled by propane.
The size of water tank you use in your RV depends partly on where you’re going to travel and what access you’ll have to water, but the type of RV water heater you have can play a role too.
If you go tankless, then you don’t need as big a storage tank, because once you hook up to the water supply at your campsite, the water can be heated as it comes inside. So you won’t need a big reserve. And a tankless hot water system can save energy, whether electric or gas, since the heating only happens as the water is needed.
Choosing tankless hot water heaters doesn’t mean there is no space taken up by tanks on the RV; after all, you’ll still likely need a propane tank of some size, and will always have a tank for waste.
But choosing a tankless RV water heater would save at least some space. It would definitely save on the energy costs of heating water that isn’t used immediately. This type of heater might be the way to go, if you’re hoping to travel as economically as possible.
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