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Old 03-25-2012, 12:08 PM   #1
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Water Heater Question

If I recall, it's a Suburban, 10 gallon, propane and electric. How long should it take to heat the water on electric? Took 1 hour, seems long because on gas, about 15 minutes. I know I could run them both at the same time, or use gas first, then electric. Is the hour long wait a sign or impending doom?
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An hour isn't out of sync for 10gal on electric from cold to fully hot, element shuts off.
Electric element is likely ~1200 watts (about like a hand held blow drier) = ~4100btu's/hr. But your propane burner is likey well over 2x that heat generation rate (small burner on a stove is 6-8000btu). The blow-torchy sound would indicate to me that the burn rate is pretty high, so hot water should come pretty fast. Likewise, stand in the hot shower for too long, and the electric recovery wouldn't keep up, but propane probably would.
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1 hour on just electric sounds right.
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Thanks for the fast replies. I did replace the switch because the light did not work, so I guess I'm good to go. Thanks
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