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**Bill** · 09-19-2006, 08:56 AM

I'm not too sure about this one, Mike. Seems to me that $100 for a small (425 watt) heater that takes 45 minutes to give you warm water (hot takes twice as long) is not necessarily a good deal. Easy to install, I suppose. But for only $300, you can get a brand new replacement heater that will install in the same space as the old one. A new unit would be, first of all, new. If the old heater has some age on it, there are probably rust and latent pinholes accumulating in the tank which will call for replacement soon anyway. It would also be a propane/electric unit with a 1440-watt heater.

BTW, both prices are from Camping World, which tends to be expensive. You could probably do better on either of them elsewhere.

To each his own, I suppose.

Bill

09-19-2006, 08:56 AM	#10
Bill Site Team Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: The mountains of Scottsdale, AZ, and the beaches of Maine Posts: 10,111	I'm not too sure about this one, Mike. Seems to me that $100 for a small (425 watt) heater that takes 45 minutes to give you warm water (hot takes twice as long) is not necessarily a good deal. Easy to install, I suppose. But for only $300, you can get a brand new replacement heater that will install in the same space as the old one. A new unit would be, first of all, new. If the old heater has some age on it, there are probably rust and latent pinholes accumulating in the tank which will call for replacement soon anyway. It would also be a propane/electric unit with a 1440-watt heater. BTW, both prices are from Camping World, which tends to be expensive. You could probably do better on either of them elsewhere. To each his own, I suppose. Bill __________________ 2020 2720QS (aka 2720SL) 2014 Ford F-150 4WD 5.0L Bill's Tech Stuff album