Water heater replacement

[dig]

I bought a new water heater today and will do the install in the next couple of days. Anyone have any tips? Not sure if the one I am removing is the original, but I suspect it is. Looks like the only real difficult part may be piping the LP gas. The valve on the new one is in a slightly different position.

This is the new one I bought -


Suburban 6 Gallon LP Water


Anything helpful would be appreciated!


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[Conrad]

I don't have any tips for you but I would sure like to know how the operation goes.  Mine is tired and i was thinking of replacing it.

[bigray]

I have no tips as I haven't tackle that one yet. It would be great if you have the time to photo journal the replacement. I'm sure I will have to do the replacement real soon.

Does the new one allow you to start it without lighting a pilot! Was telling Andy the other day that I hate having to light that pilot. I'm getting lazy in my old age. Not really lazy just want more time to hug beers when I arrive at my camping desination!

[dig]

I will take pics of what I go through. It really doesn't look extremely difficult, but I've said that before

This heater I got is a basic model. There were a lot of options, but I decided to go economy.

I got the Suburban 6 gal LP heater. Cheapest I found it was at RV Parts Outlet for $170. I picked it up at Camping World for $225. Figured after shipping (35lbs) and wait time, it would be a wash. Camping World also had the Direct Spark model - this is the one that has the ignitor inside the RV - for $377.00. That was a little rich for my blood. I don't mind throwing the match to it The next model up from the one I got was LP and Electric for $270.

I will post up pictures when I am done.


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[bigray]

Looking forward to it!