Which Water Heater to Buy???84FC

[Rob Robinson]

Dave give the Force 10 a serious look. When I talked to the Force 10 folks
they told me they took the basic Sealand and tried to make it better. They
actually admitted they copied the Sealand. When I bought my Force Ten (11 or
12 gallon not sure) the differences I could see were that the piping is
larger and it had a SS casing rather than a painted one. The price was
cheaper too. A couple of us including Randy Dupree have installed them and
they work well. Water heats up electrically in 15 min. Check them out at

http://www.force10.com/company.html


On 01/11/06, Eric Johnson wrote:
>
> Hi David,
> I replaced our old water heater with an Atwood heater and found out the
> following in the
> process:
>
> 1. Had to raise the elevation of the drivers side bed 3/4" to fit the new
> heater in.
> 2. The Atwood has a high temperature protection switch that trips at about
> 185 ºF. If you
> circulate engine coolant through it while you go down the road, you will
> find out later that
> the electrical heat isn't working. It is a REAL PAIN to reset the switch
> as it is located down
> between the electrical leads into the heater and is not easy to reach. For
> this reason, I
> don't circulate jacket water through it. I discussed this with Atwood tech
> support and they
> offered no info on a fix for this problem.
> 3. Heater has plenty of capacity and we rarely run out of hot water even
> after two
> showers.
>
> All things considered, it sounds like there are better choices out there
> than the Atwood.
>
> Eric in San Antonio
> 84FC35SBWL2
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com,
> "dthollis1961" wrote:
> >
> > If it wasn't for all the corrosion, the water heater in my bus would
> > be leaking for sure. After a quick trip around the WWW, I've found
> > Atwood, Seaward, Force 10, and Raritan with 110V/heat exchanger water
> > heaters. Anyone have anything good (or bad) to say about any of
> > these? Are there others? I haven't done any measuring yet, so maybe
> > some will get crossed off the list early. Advice appreciated.
> >
> > David Hollis 84 FC35 Springfield,IL
> >
>
>
>



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Rob, Sue & Merlin Robinson
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