http://www.rpod-owners.com/ This is an XML content feed of; R-pod Owners Forum : Podmods, Maintenance, Tips and Tricks : Water heater on electricity Copyright (c) 2006-2009 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Fri, 01 May 2026 16:57:38 +0000 Wed, 29 Apr 2015 18:17:37 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 9.64 360 www.rpod-owners.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=6142 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png http://www.rpod-owners.com/ http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6142&PID=59432#59432 Author: Shadow
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Posted: 29 Apr 2015 at 6:17pm

Thanks for your quick suggestions
S]]> Wed, 29 Apr 2015 18:17:37 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6142&PID=59432#59432 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6142&PID=59431#59431 Author: Shadow
Subject: 6142
Posted: 29 Apr 2015 at 6:14pm

Well...... Just rechecked all the water lines in and out of the hot water heater.   Both the lines were open as they should when dewinterizing. However I hadn't closed off the bypass valve. It seems when the bypass is left open all we were doing when we turned the tap on was recirculating the hot water with a little flowing into the line to the taps. Closed the bypass and we had hot water immediately.   
Oh well nothing damaged but my pride.
Shirley

]]> Wed, 29 Apr 2015 18:14:47 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6142&PID=59431#59431 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6142&PID=59430#59430 Author: CharlieM
Subject: 6142
Posted: 29 Apr 2015 at 6:11pm

Is it not heating much or not heating at all? If not at all it maybe the protective thermostatic switch. There are two over-temperature protectors mounted right on the heater tank, one for gas and one for electric. They are push button resets. See your Suburban instruction manual. Another cause of no heat at all would be a burned out element. Turning the electric element on, even for a very short time, without water in the tank will burn out the element. If it's heating some, but not much, it's probably a defective element.
]]> Wed, 29 Apr 2015 18:11:03 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6142&PID=59430#59430 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6142&PID=59422#59422 Author: furpod
Subject: 6142
Posted: 29 Apr 2015 at 2:32pm

If it's not heating, but you have HOT water on gas, it's a good chance your heating element is bad/damaged. Easy to do if the electric side is turned on when there is no water in the tank.]]> Wed, 29 Apr 2015 14:32:38 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6142&PID=59422#59422 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6142&PID=59420#59420 Author: Shadow
Subject: 6142
Posted: 29 Apr 2015 at 2:16pm

Hi.
Our water heater isn't heating very much when on electricity ( yes we turned on the electric switch on the heater unit. :-))
Works ok on Gas.
We have an rpod179. And this is our first trip out this season.
We've tried the reset button.

Amy suggestions would be appreciated.

Shirley ]]> Wed, 29 Apr 2015 14:16:38 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6142&PID=59420#59420