Tom.B
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- Skinny Dippin'
- Vessel Make
- Navigator 4200 Classic
Hello team!
I am considering downsizing our water heater. Currently we have a 20g Raritan that is 22 years old. It’s just a matter of time before it fails. Anyway, it lives on the outboard side of the starboard motor and makes for some cramped quarters doing regular maintenance on things like the impeller and heat exchanger (just to name a couple). It is just the two of us… we never really have guests onboard and don’t have kids or grandkids. We rarely shower within and hour or two (or day or two) of each other, so it has a long time to recover. Even then, we are in the habit of not letting the water run the whole time anyway. So, would an 8 gallon heater be enough? It sure would open up a ton of space and at only 750w, we could conceivably run it off the inverter for a short time if we needed to.
What say ye’?
Thanks!
I am considering downsizing our water heater. Currently we have a 20g Raritan that is 22 years old. It’s just a matter of time before it fails. Anyway, it lives on the outboard side of the starboard motor and makes for some cramped quarters doing regular maintenance on things like the impeller and heat exchanger (just to name a couple). It is just the two of us… we never really have guests onboard and don’t have kids or grandkids. We rarely shower within and hour or two (or day or two) of each other, so it has a long time to recover. Even then, we are in the habit of not letting the water run the whole time anyway. So, would an 8 gallon heater be enough? It sure would open up a ton of space and at only 750w, we could conceivably run it off the inverter for a short time if we needed to.
What say ye’?
Thanks!