Tankless Water Heater... BIG Mistake!

[@LEADERSdotEDU]

OMG! I just got educated! Now I know why the tankless unit my mom had installed didn’t appear to function properly - USER ERROR!

[@roguerebel2023]

We are picking up a new trailer in a couple of days with a tankless water heater. I am so glad I ran across your video as I know nothing about them and the research I have done mentions nothing about this. Thank you!

[@saltytrips]

@@roguerebel2023 happy to help, we share all our RV experiences so it will help others 👍

[@Robnord1]

Thanks! I'm a multi year pro at RV systems and appliances and you furthered my knowledge here. On our own IW60 Suburban, I set 130° for better dish washing , and would just get a higher flow shower head if problems with low flow cutout. It's cheaper and easier than getting the optional remote. We didn't need to do that though.

[@mommommary]

Wow! You just answered my question about why my shower constantly was hot then cold. The sinks didn’t do that,but in the shower,it always did. So glad I watched this. Thanks

[@saltytrips]

Glad we could help 👍

[@RickyHobbs-v7y]

Great common sense instruction. I sold HVAC products in the past. It is always good to learn new things. Thanks, and keep up your good work!

[@BillWhetstone]

I love the distinction you made about the term water heater, been a pet peeve of mine for years. As a walk thru instructor I took it upon myself to correct folks.

[@fuyomama555]

Thank you and for people still having trouble there is a water flow adjustment nob that you need to adjust in the back of the unit

[@davesauerzopf6980]

Another great tip. Not ready to jump into a tankless but, good to know how it should be used.

[@saltytrips]

We love it, worth its weight in Gold, especially after a long hard day 👍

[@jimgeorger4452]

Despite my criticism for tankless, this video is very good information..

[@jimgeorger4452]

My sentiments exactly. Will not buy one.

[@ralphmb58]

Great information I am about ready to install play tankless water heater this week and it is helpful to have the information about the settings. As a contractor I am so glad to hear you make a point about these things being water heaters. It drives me crazy when I hear somebody refer to a water heater as a hot water heater. Are they trying to heat hot water? No, they're trying to heat cold water. Sometimes I'll reply to them and refer to it as a cold water heater, and they always have a puzzled expression.

[@saltytrips]

@@ralphmb58 here’s the install video 👍 kzbin.info/www/bejne/nH7ahXmNp71ojposi=Juac0dccCQYZp_0q

[@michaelwinstead6833]

Great tip... I had no idea about the flow rate, thank you

[@charlesbroderdorf1111]

That's great information .I just bought the same unit for my cab over .

[@chris31215]

Ex electrician here, yes my BIGGEST pet pev ever HWH, drives me nuts. Thanks for spreading the word on actual use of these water heaters, it's obviously not something the RV salesman explain well enough.

[@saltytrips]

@@chris31215 hopefully these videos help fill in the gaps

[@fu4616]

That's how I do my tankless in my house. I set the desired temperature and use only the hot side.

[@jcastell1]

Do you turn off power to the water heater panel after winterization and put your RV up for winter?

[@saltytrips]

@@jcastell1 we live full time in out RV so we have never had to deal with “winterizing”

[@jimgeorger4452]

The title “Tankless Water Heater…Big Mistake,” says it all! Having this technology shoved down out throats by manufacturers motivates me to buy nothing, with the exception of Flagstaff /Rockwood.

[@Daynaw3990]

How do you wash dishes in that cool of water? It is recommended to rinse at 140 degrees and if you set your temp at 111, you never get safe water for washing dishes

[@saltytrips]

@@Daynaw3990 47 years old and have never washed dishes with water getting anywhere close to 140 degree and still alive, guess the soap is doing it’s job, there’s that 🤷‍♂️, if you ever see my channel just stop posting you’ll know the warm 111 degree dish water got me. FYI - like i said in the video you can adjust it to whatever temp you want, you can mount the controls in the kitchen too or anywhere and change it to whatever you feel comfortable with at any time.

[@peteionescu1107]

Interesting video.How much propane use that water heater let say a month?

[@saltytrips]

@@peteionescu1107 kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6GuqoJpdqiCjrcsi=XLvr3Tx8svNpMDqN

[@JuanSalinas1198]

My controller all of a sudden stopped working. The back light is on, but no numbers or the flame show up. It's a suburban model on a Jayco 26 stx. Do you know what it could be? The camper is only 3 months old, I would like to avoid the trip to the dealer to get it fixed.

[@TXTractorLife]

Welcome to the world of RVs! Every month another issue…. Did you get this fixed? What was it?

[@edwardmak2218]

Nice explanation. Keep up the great work

[@justgivemethetruth]

Yes, yes, yes! I've had an old demand residential gas on-demand water heater and I've had these problems since it got it installed. I've never seen or heard a single video or article explaining this before. When I figured out what was going on, I developed two strategies for managing it. 1. I go to the sink and turn on a trickle of water in order to lower the pressure in the cold water line so it does not push back on the hot water flow and switch it off. It doesn't take much, but it is wasteful. 2. The second solution was to just set my hot water temp for as low as possible and not use any cold water at all. The low temp of my hot water heater is 100 degrees and that works OK. Thanks for mentioning this. If I had to redesign my bathroom I would have one cold water line going in that splits into hot and cold lines at the shower and sink, and an on-demand point of use hot water heater, one on the sink and one on the shower. This might take some fine tuning, but I think only having to route on cold water plumbing lines would save time and money in construction and simplify the plumbing.

[@BorealisNights]

For those who want to use "Hot", in the name, might I suggest "Hot Water Maker", or "Cold Water Fixer". lol. Actually, yeah, If someone is desperate to use temp and heater, you could go with "Cold Water Heater". (if anyone is getting confused now, maybe you don't want to DIY such an important system in your rig.lol✌🏼🇨🇦

[@Mr.SuperDuper-idk]

Shut up

[@Mr.SuperDuper-idk]

Problem is our water is cold coming in To heat it I have to turn flow down via water knob and slow down circulation giving time to heat the water. Or am I doing something wrong?

[@saltytrips]

@@Mr.SuperDuper-idk sounds like a malfunction, hopefully your still under warranty, should never have to slow the water down for it to heat up.

[@Mr.SuperDuper-idk]

@ hmmmm maybe I did something wrong 😑

[@saltytrips]

@ so when you turn hot water on all the way it never gets got? Definitely something wrong.

[@Mr.SuperDuper-idk]

@ no I have to slow the flow of water into /through the water heater to get it to heat water properly. Amounts to weak shower water pressure of course. Sucks …but still gets kinda hot.

[@saltytrips]

@ slow the water to much and the flow sensor turns off the flame

[@timjarrett3596]

Probably the reason people do this is because the suburban manual says to add cold water to get your desired temp

[@RhondaMarion-f4p]

I bought the Fogatti tankless for my motorhome and I can’t get any power to my control board ?

[@saltytrips]

@@RhondaMarion-f4p I’m not sure what your asking but here’s our install video kzbin.info/www/bejne/nH7ahXmNp71ojposi=KviW89nIHTAF982A

[@ysgi]

Can’t get my water above 96 degrees unless i drop the flow to a trickle. This is my second tankless as i installed the suburban in my old rv. This pro 8 should go handle it fine. Any ideas?

[@saltytrips]

Thats a mystery, ours is 111 degrees out of every faucet. Maybe call the manufacturer. If you get it resolved let us know.

[@gggffghj]

I have the opposite problem. I set mine to 95 and can't get it to drop below 125 when it turns on. Supper difficult to shower

[@saltytrips]

@@gggffghj sounds defective

[@JuanLopez-ny9dr]

@@gggffghj I have the same problem mine won’t drop below 138 F

[@T-dog68]

I have a Gerard water heater. Set the temperature at 95 degrees and it’s 118 at the faucet. Don’t like showers that hot. 8:36

[@saltytrips]

This one is spot on with the temperature

[@NotMe-st8qc]

That’s why you have a faucet that mixes the hot water with cold to your desired temperature.

[@T-dog68]

@@NotMe-st8qc I found out that brand of heater is not made to mix hot and cold. Hot water heater has a Flow sensor that when the flow is right the heater turns on. The cold water interrupts the flow of hot water and shuts the heater off. The only one I know of right now is Suburban tankless is made to mix cold and hot.

[@jeremydenhamrealtor9233]

What about washing machine ? Using warm water ?

[@saltytrips]

Good question, we always run our washer with cold water.

[@4486xxdawson]

Your right its not a hot water heater , its a cold water heater !

[@territhompson5685]

102 for shower 123 for dishes

[@mcflippyflaps219]

Unless you have a Truma.

[@justgivemethetruth]

What?

[@mxslick50]

@@justgivemethetruth Another brand of RV tankless...but they are all junk, made with the same Chinesium crap parts.

[@justgivemethetruth]

@@mxslick50 Shut up.

[@mxslick50]

@@justgivemethetruth Truth hurts, doesn't it skippy?

[@hgeisler5337]

Our first trailer had a tank and you could run the water as hot as you wanted, turn it off temporarily and back on with no loss of temperature. Our new trailer came with a Girard tankless and we hate it! When you’re dry camping and water conservation is everything this unit at a trickle goes from almost acceptable to cold in an instant at the reduced flow. Showering is even worse because you shut the water off between hair and soaping up, and then you have to wait for the flame-up which wastes a bunch of water (cold!) while waiting to rinse. If this is a quirk with tankless water heaters give me back the storage.

[@saltytrips]

@@hgeisler5337 need a water miser

[@williamthompson2222]

I pull that, "Hot water heater" on people all the time! Why are you heating water that's already hot? Your dad must be a hoot.

[@saltytrips]

Yeah, i miss him. Lost him about 16 years ago to cancer but some life lessons stick.

[@jimgeorger4452]

Watching all he water flowing before it gets warm makes me wonder WHY?

[@2ndshiftaudio300]

I just replaced my rv water heater. And I'm glad I just used a normal old 6 gallon water heater. This tankless water heater is a POS. Just like the ones for full size houses.

[@saltytrips]

@@2ndshiftaudio300 ours has been amazing for a year and half non-stop hot water. We love it!!!

[@joejoey2696]

Hey dude I know you're trying but it is so hard to understand what you're saying you go back and forth you repeat the same thing you maybe you should write down your script and go that way because you really make yourself seem like you know absolutely nothing just a little advice I have to turn your channel off I can't listen to somebody who just rambles

[@saltytrips]

Out of hundreds of thousands of people you’re the only one to complain, so there’s that.

[@talonpilot]

…but this is at least the 2nd video of his that you watched and complained about… in both, you said you couldnt listen anymore….. yet here you are…. Just move on, his content obviously isnt for you. Now you’re just being an ass and a troll.

[@brucebrazill4500]

I agree

[@LonBaileySr]

Wonderful 😅 👍🏻 two years of aggregation solved in your how to video. Great job, can’t spell (Cuodos) many thanks

[@saltytrips]

@@LonBaileySr kudos, and thank you, glad to help