โMar-27-2018 08:18 AM
โApr-03-2018 06:59 AM
Atlee wrote:
Should one shut off their gas furnace at home during the night when they are sleeping?
Can a water heater fail, and then burn? Sure. But what are the chances? If there was anything approaching a problem with water heaters catching on fire, we'd be hearing about it no end on this board, and other RV boards. But all I hear are crickets.
We used to hear volumes about trailer tires, especially the so called "china bombs" exploding all the time. But even then the % of users experiencing that was very, very low.
What % of water heaters do you believe actually burn?
โApr-02-2018 02:03 PM
proxim2020 wrote:CavemanCharlie wrote:
I don't understand what would go wrong that would be a safety issue ?
They are vented to outside as far as carbon monoxide is concerned. And they have a relief valve if the pressure gets to high. (I suppose you could test the relief valve once a year if you want) But, when was the last time you ever heard of one blowing up ? I think myth busters did a episode on one of them blowing up and they had a hard time getting it to blow up when they wanted it to.
While they have a pretty good track record, the chance of a fire is always present with any appliance that's designed to generate heat. Water heater fires do happen from time to time with both gas and electric water heaters. Waters heater fires can be started by electrical shorts, flames leaping out of the burner tube, gas leaks, blocked flues, failed control boards, etc.
โApr-02-2018 07:22 AM
CavemanCharlie wrote:
I don't understand what would go wrong that would be a safety issue ?
They are vented to outside as far as carbon monoxide is concerned. And they have a relief valve if the pressure gets to high. (I suppose you could test the relief valve once a year if you want) But, when was the last time you ever heard of one blowing up ? I think myth busters did a episode on one of them blowing up and they had a hard time getting it to blow up when they wanted it to.
โApr-02-2018 12:16 AM
afidel wrote:ktmrfs wrote:
we turn ours off at night or if we are gone for more than 4 hours or so. more of a anal safety issue than anything else. the water will stay warm enough overnight, get up in the morning, turn it on, have my coffee and it is hot enough for showers etc.
Do you need to do this? NO. does it cause any reliability problems. I seriously doubt it.
Yeah, I turn it off at night because the bunks are directly over the hot water heater. The likelyhood of a problem is small but the results would be unimaginably bad so the simple act of turning it off is worth the piece of mind. I turn it on when I use the bathroom in the morning and it's ready for cooking or morning showers. The hot water heater is going to cycle no matter what so that wear and tear would be a wash, the switch is probably good for a couple thousand activations minimum and is easy and cheap to replace if it fails.
โApr-01-2018 11:53 AM
โApr-01-2018 09:25 AM
afidel wrote:ktmrfs wrote:
we turn ours off at night or if we are gone for more than 4 hours or so. more of a anal safety issue than anything else. the water will stay warm enough overnight, get up in the morning, turn it on, have my coffee and it is hot enough for showers etc.
Do you need to do this? NO. does it cause any reliability problems. I seriously doubt it.
Yeah, I turn it off at night because the bunks are directly over the hot water heater. The likelyhood of a problem is small but the results would be unimaginably bad so the simple act of turning it off is worth the piece of mind. I turn it on when I use the bathroom in the morning and it's ready for cooking or morning showers. The hot water heater is going to cycle no matter what so that wear and tear would be a wash, the switch is probably good for a couple thousand activations minimum and is easy and cheap to replace if it fails.
โMar-29-2018 09:17 PM
โMar-29-2018 04:12 PM
2oldman wrote:
If you have close neighbors, please turn off your gas WH at night. They're very loud. Take your shower at night before bed. That way you don't go to bed with the day's dirt on you, you'll sleep better, and your sheets will stay clean longer.
โMar-29-2018 07:41 AM
โMar-29-2018 07:16 AM
afidel wrote:ktmrfs wrote:
we turn ours off at night or if we are gone for more than 4 hours or so. more of a anal safety issue than anything else. the water will stay warm enough overnight, get up in the morning, turn it on, have my coffee and it is hot enough for showers etc.
Do you need to do this? NO. does it cause any reliability problems. I seriously doubt it.
Yeah, I turn it off at night because the bunks are directly over the hot water heater. The likelyhood of a problem is small but the results would be unimaginably bad so the simple act of turning it off is worth the piece of mind. I turn it on when I use the bathroom in the morning and it's ready for cooking or morning showers. The hot water heater is going to cycle no matter what so that wear and tear would be a wash, the switch is probably good for a couple thousand activations minimum and is easy and cheap to replace if it fails.
โMar-29-2018 05:06 AM
โMar-29-2018 04:38 AM
โMar-28-2018 11:07 AM
ktmrfs wrote:
we turn ours off at night or if we are gone for more than 4 hours or so. more of a anal safety issue than anything else. the water will stay warm enough overnight, get up in the morning, turn it on, have my coffee and it is hot enough for showers etc.
Do you need to do this? NO. does it cause any reliability problems. I seriously doubt it.
โMar-28-2018 08:05 AM