Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

What do you guys think of using a 110v tank hot water heater? I’m looking at the Bosch 4 gallon mini tank. I was originally going to go with propane but tossing around the idea of going electric. I have a 30 amp shore power 12’ cargo trailer. I use it for Bbq Cookoffs. It will serve one utility sink only. No shower no toilet.

The reason I want to go electric is for the convenience of not having to plumb propane and have a tankless mounted in the outside. The downside of electric is I can’t run the water heater and ac at the same time. I figure I can run the water heater for an hour then turn it off to run the ac.

Any input appreciated


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Why not use an RV water heater? Suburban and Attwood both make units that operate on propane with an integral 120 VAC electric heating element. Best of both worlds; use the campground power when available and propane when it is not.

Like this 6 gallon Suburban

With a 30 amp shore power connection it works much better than using a generator. If there is no shore power you could have 4 gallons of previously heated water.

The only problem I can think of is that a 240 volt 4000 watt heater will only produce 1000 watts at 120 volts, half voltage times half current = quarter power. That only means it will take longer to heat. If you want to plug in to preheat a tankful you'll have to plug in a couple of hours before you go rather than 15 minutes.

Make sure you never plug it in without enough water in the tank to cover the heater.

An alternative: portable hot water shower systems. They cost a mint, but nothing's easier.

http://www.mrheater.com/sporting/boss-x ... ystem.html

We have a Hot Rod with our gas RV water heater and there is no reason you could not use a steel/aluminum tank and plumb it directly, has a temp regulator as part of it.
https://www.amazon.com/Diamond-Group-HR6-Universal-Hott/dp/B002SSIBSA