Camco Hot Water Hybrid Heat Kit - Easily Converts Any 6-Gallon RV LP Gas Water Heater to 120V Electricity to Conserve Propane (11673)

Over the past couple years, I've spent hundreds of dollars on LPG. I have also been tired of switching my Atwood LPG water heater on and off to save money, and the unit not working when it's raining. So, I decided to look into electric elements for RV gas heaters. The one here seemed to be the best one I could get for the money. Installation was straight-forward and simple. First step: read the instructions (and take your time). The instructions were well written, and easy to read, even had illustrations, which came in handy, as I'm more of a carpenter than an electrician. I followed the instructions step by step, double-checked everything, and when I was finished, turned the unit on. It took around an hour for the water to heat up to the pre-set 120F, but once it got there, it keeps it there really well. I do know that this unit will save me a ton of money on propane. I've had the unit switched on for a couple weeks now, continuously, with no problems or issues, just hot water.

Very happy with this conversion kit. It keeps the LP burner and thermostat in place and adds an electric heater element through the drain plug opening. Everything needed was included, even some wire ties to keep the wiring tidy. The wiring diagram was in color, and all wires and connectors were color-coded. The power cord was several feet long, as was the cable that connects to the lighted power switch. All parts are high quality. The thermostat is a standard water heater unit, so if it ever fails, it can be replaced with an off-the-shelf one from any hardware store. My RV water heater is under the closet behind the drawers. There was an electrical outlet available in the enclosed space, so the unit just plugged in. I mounted the power switch (panel-mount type) through the panel just below the drawers where it could be seen and accessed easily. Recovery time from a cold tank without the LP turned on is a few hours, which is to be expected from a single 110-VAC heating element. Once the tank was heated up, I had plenty of hot water, plus it was a bit hotter than before, so I needed less of it for dishes or showering. I set the electrical thermostat a few degrees higher than the LP thermostat, so the LP gas never runs unless hot water usage is high and the tank temperature drops below the LP thermostat setting. Since electricity is included in RV space rents, I can actually turn the LP completely off and have hot water like I normally do without ever using any LP gas. I would definitely recommend this kit.

Ok...for anyone still heating water in your RV with propane, GET THIS. I installed this in our travel trailer earlier this year & we've been on 3 camping trips so far. We have yet to use propane to heat our water. This does a great job heating the water & it's not as slow as some people may say. Yeah, the kit is not cheap, but neither is propane. This will pay for itself in very fast. I also installed an external 120v receptacle on the travel trailer so I can then plug the electric water heater directly into the power panel at the campground instead of one the outlets inside of the camper, that way I'm not adding an extra load to the main power to the camper. Overall this was an easy install, the only issue I had was a propane line that needed to be slightly adjusted to clear the heating element. Otherwise it went well & has been working wonderfully. I definitely recommend getting this for your RV.

I recieved this product on time. I was a bit concerned when it arrived, as it was in nothing more than a display pack and padded envelope. My husband is a master mechanic, and installed it very easily. At first I was concerned. I thought it wasn't working. After about 70 minutes, my husband realized he never turned the knob to refill the tank. So we shut it off for 20-30 minutes, then refilled. After about 90 minutes we had HOT water! He somehow hooked it up so we could switch from this to propane if needed, but we've been out of propane for a while now. Our light button is like many others, off is lit, on isnt. Being that we are staying in our rv for the time being, Im happy that on is not lit. We only turn it off when we are running a lot of stuff. I can wash dishes and have hot water left. My hair goes to my behind, and we have well water, so I dont wash it every day. Which is good. I usually shower, then after a couple hours Ill go back and wash my hair. If I try to wash and condition my hair with the shower, I usually rinse off in cold. We do have 2 teens who need to shower daily. We cant do back to back showers, but we have a good rotation, and we all can get clean and rinsed with hot water! All in all, Im super happy to have found this product. Ive told many people about it. We haven't had any issues so far, and its been a good 2 months... 4 stars, because when we do run out it does take a good 80-90 mins to get back to hot, but its well worth the money!

Very very easy to install. Comes with very easy to follow instructions and only takes an hour or less to complete the installation. Takes a while to get the tank heated up at first, need to give it a good hour to an hour and a half, but once it heats up it stays hot and recovers quickly. In fact I had to turn it down because the water got too hot for my liking. Which is not a bad thing at all. I highly recommend it for anyone who is tired of paying for propane and lugging around propane tanks back and forth to the store. We live in our RV full time so it's definitely saving us money and will pay for itself I am sure. If you are on the fence about buying this don't be... again it's so simple to install and an awesome water heater

The propane water heater in our older trailer stopped working. After changing the thermocouple with no success, we decided to convert to an electric heater using this product. We could not be happier with our decision. The instructions were easy to follow, everything was included in the kit, and it works well. I really appreciate that the kit comes with an on/off switch which other kits do not include. The water is hotter now that when we used propane. We've confirmed that it drWs approximately 3 amps power while in use. There are many installation videos available online to watch which are good to view before you begin your own installation. It took us 45 minutes to do the installation. The only problem we had was getting the thermostat to stay in place on the water tank. We used more tape to help with that.

Installation was a little complicated with the wiring in my case as I wanted to have the plug outside so I can run an extension cord from the heater to the pedestal's 15A so it wouldn't affect the RV's 30A capacity. If there is no separate 15A, I can run the extension under the RV to the exterior plug and be mindful of the power it draws. Since this is a modification on my part, I'm not penalizing the product but it would be nice if they had this possible option to wire it. I may mount a permanent plug in the hot water tank door. It works great. Will save a lot on propane by using the park's power instead and can have it on all the time, which is especially important these days with having to wash our hands so much. It's not as fast as the propane but if you do need to reheat the water faster, you can still use the propane. Note: Other reviewers here said that the 10 gal. version fits in the 6 gal. tank. In my case with the Atwood 6 gal., it DOES NOT fit. The longer 10 gal. element hits the back of the tank and sticks out about 1.5 inches. It still works but it's not ideal. Hopefully the element rod won't burn out because of the exposed portion but if it does, I'll replace it with the proper shorter 6 gal. version.

Easy install, saving me tons on propane. I should have done this years ago. So simple to install, have not had a issue. U can turn it up to wild hot. Obviously it’s electric element, takes time to heat from empty, but if u run it as well as propane u get great hot water. Would recommend.

I have a suburban sw6d in my trailer. I measured the depth of the tank from the drain plug and determined that the 10 gallon version of the Camco hybrid heat would fit. I wanted the higher wattage version to reduce heating times. Installation on my trailer was relatively straight forward since the hot water tank and a power outlet were nearby. The wires connections are colour coded and also easily done. I found the most difficult part was getting the wire from the heating probe through the heatshield and installation of the thermostat on the side of the water tank. Also note that the hybrid heat heating element came with a small piece of annode material attached to the mounting plug. On our first trip with the hybrid heat, I made sure to fill the hot water tank before turing on the heater. It took a good 25 - 30 minutes to get the hot water from the tank, obviously this will vary based on the original temperature of the campsite water. Since I adjusted the water temp of the thermostat relatively high, I left the propane heater off since it was not needed to maintain the temperature of the water. The only time we turn on the propane heater was for showers, as a result we used significantly less propane than usual. The drawbacks of the system is the difficulty in draining the tank at the end of the trip since drain plug is not easily removed due to the wires. If you know the plumbing system of the trailer, you can drain the tank through there instead, but it will be slower. In general, it will reduce the propane usage in some low to moderate hot water usage, however for high usage such as showers you will still need your propane heater for faster regeneration times.

The LP water heater in our 1997 Motorhome stopped working and we were searching for an economical solution to get hot water again. We found it! This product was very easy to install, the most time consuming part for us was locating a 110V outlet in a convenient spot, other than that, this system in practically plug 'n' play. We only get hot water when connected to electricity, but that works fine for us. Our 10 gallon Atwood water heater now provides nice hot water in less than 1 hr. Doing dishes and taking showers are no problem for 2 adults. What could've been a $1000 replacement for another hot-water heater has been resolved for less than $150! Two thumbs up!