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    Posted: 02 Dec 2015 at 10:02pm
Originally posted by JandL

My Suburban water heater came standard with a 130 Degree Thermostat switch, it is not adjustable. They make a 120 and 140 degree. You only have 6 gallons so if it to low a temp you could use all the hot water up

+1 on keeping it at 130 so you have more usable hot water.  6 gallons is barely enough even with Navy showers.

The risk of scalding goes up a lot at 140 degrees so I don't recommend going there (not that the OP will).  I just installed a new WH in my home a few weeks ago and it has a digital interface where I can set the temperature with a few button pushes, up to 160 I believe.  It defaulted to 120 and I set it for 130.

Just below 120 you start flirting with Legionnaire's which is partly why I prefer 130. 
Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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Posts: 46 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 02 Dec 2015 at 12:30am
OK- Thanx guys.  Tomorrow I was going to tear up my bed to get to the RP-179 electric water heater and try to adjust the heater- glad you informed me.  I got plenty of other stuff to do.  RoadToad
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My Suburban water heater came standard with a 130 Degree Thermostat switch, it is not adjustable. They make a 120 and 140 degree. You only have 6 gallons so if it to low a temp you could use all the hot water up
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The thermostats are not adjustable. There are alternate thermostats available, but only +/-10 degress from the original 130F.
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Posts: 46 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 01 Dec 2015 at 6:32am
Electric hot water heater way too hot. Where is thermstc adjustment for this. I'm guessing atop hot water tank?
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