Quote: sounds as if we did it right. We turned both switches and made sure there was water in the tank.
The switch you turned on INSIDE the camper - was that on the wall, or was that inside the electric converter panel (the big flat plastic panel near the floor)? If the latter, then yes, you did it right (probably). If the former, then you were doing what milzat suspected (and what we suspect) - turning on one of two switches needed for electric, and turning on one switch needed for gas (but not turning on the gas). The service guy at our dealer left the circuit breaker for the HWH off; it's not needed for gas HW.
The anode in your HWH has nothing to do with heat at all. Its purpose is to keep the minerals in water from corroding the inside of your hot water tank.
ed-myrna wrote: If you have a by pass valve between the two lines that go to the tank it may be open and you will only get a little warm water. Just shut the valve and things will work the way they are suppose to.
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milzat wrote: The Anode Rod and the Heating element are two different items. The Anode Rod equalizes aggressive water action, preventing corrosion of the tank.
As stated in previous post, it may take a while to light on Gas because of air in the line. Also, if for some strange reason the electric element switch was turned on with LOW or NO water in the tank, the electric element could have burned out.
Yes, anode and heating element are two different things. It also takes much longer for electric to heat the water. Same applies for a household water heater. For this reason, I have never used the electric heat option on mine.
And yes, if power was applied to heating elements before they were submerged in water, they could be burned out.
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