R-pod Owners Forum : R-Pod 190 Water Heater

R-pod Owners Forum : R-Pod 190 Water Heater https://www.rpod-owners.com/ This is an XML content feed of; R-pod Owners Forum : I need HELP!!! : R-Pod 190 Water Heater Copyright (c) 2006-2009 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Thu, 21 May 2026 13:39:01 +0000 Tue, 18 Aug 2020 09:16:32 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 9.64 360 https://www.rpod-owners.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=13914 R-pod Owners Forum https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.rpod-owners.com/ R-Pod 190 Water Heater : Ok thanks! Mine is a 2020 190.... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13914&PID=135400#135400 Author: Steve Canyon
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Posted: 18 Aug 2020 at 9:16am

Ok thanks! Mine is a 2020 190. I understand (now) that you don't need to turn the water heater switch on the wall panel on if you're just using electric, as long as the heaters swictch on the outside panel is on.]]> Tue, 18 Aug 2020 09:16:32 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13914&PID=135400#135400 R-Pod 190 Water Heater : Steve Canyon: Can you get a model... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13914&PID=135389#135389 Author: CharlieM
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Posted: 17 Aug 2020 at 7:03pm

Steve Canyon: Can you get a model number of the WH. Most campers, including the earlier Pods, use the Suburban SW6DE. This uses propane and/or electric as Offgrid describes. However, later Pods may have changed to Atwood or some other WH. If it's working correctly the gas red light should not come on again until it needs to heat water. It should not stay on if the WH is working properly. Also, if you're running in dual mode with gas and electric the gas side (red light) should not come on until you use a lot of HW. Let us know.]]> Mon, 17 Aug 2020 19:03:35 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13914&PID=135389#135389 R-Pod 190 Water Heater : Thanks for the great reply. I... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13914&PID=135385#135385 Author: Steve Canyon
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Posted: 17 Aug 2020 at 3:31pm

Thanks for the great reply. I received many good ideas, but your was the best. A few years I had a class C, so I'm pretty ok on the systems, but this 190 is a bit different, so I didn't know it operated on both propane and electric.
I did see a video on the water system, but must have miss the part on the electric-propane.
Thanks!
Steve]]> Mon, 17 Aug 2020 15:31:22 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13914&PID=135385#135385 R-Pod 190 Water Heater : You can run both propane and electric... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13914&PID=135363#135363 Author: offgrid
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Posted: 17 Aug 2020 at 7:11am

You can run both propane and electric water heating at the same time, they are totally independent, and it won't hurt anything. The question is, why would you? If you have electric available why waste propane?

To verify proper operation of the water heater, you should test each heating system independently.

First, shut off the electric using either the on/off switch outside on the water heater or the dedicated circuit breaker in the electric panel. Then turn on the propane system, run some hot water out of the tank and check that it fires up, heats the water, then shuts off.

Then, shut off the propane, turn on the electric, and repeat the test using that system.

When you're done shut both systems off unless you are actually wanting to use hot water and know that the water heater is full.

]]> Mon, 17 Aug 2020 07:11:32 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13914&PID=135363#135363 R-Pod 190 Water Heater : Thanks for the reply! And for... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13914&PID=135361#135361 Author: Steve Canyon
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Posted: 17 Aug 2020 at 6:40am

Thanks for the reply! And for giving me the correct info.
Steve]]> Mon, 17 Aug 2020 06:40:05 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13914&PID=135361#135361 R-Pod 190 Water Heater : Also, be absolutely sure your... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13914&PID=135356#135356 Author: StephenH
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Posted: 16 Aug 2020 at 8:42pm

Also, be absolutely sure your water heater is full of water before tuning on the electric element or you will be replacing it. Open the outside hatch and use the pressure relief valve to check and make sure water comes out of the water heater before turning the switch on. If you purchased your RPod and it was winterized, you will need to switch the water heater bypass valves so that water can flow into the tank.]]> Sun, 16 Aug 2020 20:42:08 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13914&PID=135356#135356 R-Pod 190 Water Heater : Your 190 DOES use both gas and... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13914&PID=135349#135349 Author: Woodmiester
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Posted: 16 Aug 2020 at 7:48pm

Your 190 DOES use both gas and electric to heat water. (However just one at a time😂😂)]]> Sun, 16 Aug 2020 19:48:32 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13914&PID=135349#135349 R-Pod 190 Water Heater : Steve, I could be wrong. I don't... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13914&PID=135343#135343 Author: mcarter
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Posted: 16 Aug 2020 at 5:24pm

Steve, I could be wrong. I don't think water operation has changed. For electric - you have a circuit breaker and a switch inside the water heater compartment, that will make your water hot, on electric, provided you have it connected to shore power. The switch on the wall in the Pod is for gas use. So it's normal to light - go off - then light again if it's trying to enable propane use but doesn't for some reason, like no propane. You have hot water so something is working. I would verify that.]]> Sun, 16 Aug 2020 17:24:06 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13914&PID=135343#135343 R-Pod 190 Water Heater : Thanks for the reply, It's... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13914&PID=135342#135342 Author: Steve Canyon
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Posted: 16 Aug 2020 at 4:52pm

Thanks for the reply, It's only electric. I don't think the 190 uses propane for the hot water heater.]]> Sun, 16 Aug 2020 16:52:48 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13914&PID=135342#135342 R-Pod 190 Water Heater : Steve, are you trying to run it... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13914&PID=135338#135338 Author: mcarter
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Posted: 16 Aug 2020 at 4:19pm

Steve, are you trying to run it in electric and propane mode? Or just electric or propane?]]> Sun, 16 Aug 2020 16:19:31 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13914&PID=135338#135338 R-Pod 190 Water Heater : I have a 2020 R-Pod 190 and when... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13914&PID=135336#135336 Author: Steve Canyon
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Posted: 16 Aug 2020 at 4:01pm

I have a 2020 R-Pod 190 and when I turn on the water heater switch, the fault light comes on for 20 seconds, then goes out (as normal), but then it comes back on and stays on, until I switch it off. But the water is very hot, even though the water heater switch is off. Any ideas on what the problem is?
Thanks,
Steve
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