Convert Electric Hot Water Heater To Gas

Actually there are some reasons that attract people to do it.

Convert electric hot water heater to gas.

I ll post some pictures and explanations at flatteningthecurve. Conversion of a water heater to electronic ignition once you have the 24 volt power source for the new control and gas valve you should follow the instructions exactly. I recently did a conversion of my 240 volt 3000 watt 60 gallon water heater to 120 volt 750 watt. And a very interesting conversion of a gas water heater to low wattage electric.

Why you convert gas to electric water heater. For people who are not familiar with water heater they may confuse seeing some people who want to convert gas water heater into electric water heater. Great article on super insulating water heaters. Shut off the water pump or the water supply to the rv.

The kit i have personally used with great success in the past is the honeywell conversion kit captioned in the photo above. Remove the drain plug from the bottom of the hot water. Solar hot water heaters advantage and disadvantage. Converting from electric heat to a medium efficiency hspf 9 5 heat pump is around 1 2 the cost of an electric furnace.

If it costs 500 1000 to change to gas water heater assuming you need a new water heater soon anyway so purchase and actual install of heater is about same for either type and not a factor in the payback calculation unless you are in a very high electricity cost area i would off the cuff guess the energy savings could pay off the change in 10 years or so. How to convert a gas rv water heater to electric step 1. The instructions provided with the kit. Converting from electric to gas heat with a 97 efficient gas furnace a gas water heater is nearly 2 3 less than with an electric furnace water heater.

Natural gas is much more efficient delivered to your home as a raw product instead of being converted into electricity first. So do electric furnaces but considering that electricity production is so inefficient the emissions from electric heaters are much higher than from gas heaters. Wrap pipe tape on the threads. Installation costs for an electric heater are 700 to 1 000 while the cost to install a gas heater ranges from 1 000 to 2 000 depending on whether you have an existing gas line and vent.

Natural gas furnaces today approach 100 percent efficiency.