GL: Tankless Electric Water Heater

[Wade Ehlen]

   Our trawler has a 6 gal. hot water tank.  We find that before reaching our
anchorage and if the conditions are calm, we can each take a hot shower, fix
hair, put on make-up (only one of us does that) then change places at the helm
while the second crew member takes a shower.  When we anchor, we're clean and
have a full tank of hot water for cleaning dishes, morning wash-up, or
whatever.
   Currently we're RVing to Alaska, and we need to turn on the jenny or plug
in at a campsite for hot water.  I miss my Albin!

Wade Ehlen
Albin 36 Miss Happ
New Bern NC

--- On Fri, 7/10/09, fred <fred at tug44.org> wrote:

> From: fred <fred at tug44.org>
> Subject: Re: GL: Tankless Electric Water Heater
> To: "Jim Ague" <ague at usa.net>, "Great Loop" <great-loop at lists.samurai.com>
> Date: Friday, July 10, 2009, 8:48 PM
> Mine runs on 120 Volts or engine
> heat.  Once the engine heat has cooked the
> water, it stays hot for hours.  Once anchored or
> docked, shorepower or
> generator is needed.
>
> I would think that a tankless design would need a lot of
> power to produce
> hot water, perhaps more than some shore power connections
> will provide. 
> Does anyone out there have a tankless unit?
>
> Fred
> Tug 44
>
> ----------------------------------------
> From: "Jim Ague" <ague at usa.net>
> Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 6:09 PM
> To: "Great Loop" <great-loop at lists.samurai.com>
> Subject: Re: GL: Tankless Electric Water Heater
>
> What heats your water while you're anchor? Are you going to
> run the
> generator? Will it do a good enough job using 12VDC to
> heat? And as Fred
> states, nothing nicer than having plenty of hot water after
> a short
> cruise.
>
> - Jim
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