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03-05-2019, 03:56 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: WI, Wisconsin
Trailer: 2018 Escape 5.0 TA
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Originally Posted by mconrath
Okay, so that conversation deviated a bit. That's alright.
However, a good point to consider worked its way in there. How much propane can I buy with the $200 I will save by not choosing the 2-way hot water heater option? (Sorry Jim, but I don’t see myself buying 5 Escape trailers to get up to your $1000 savings.) To round to an easy number of $2.50 per gallon, that would be roughly 80 gallons. That is refilling a 5-gallon tank about 16 times. That is roughly 10 years of propane for me. I might have to reconsider that option.
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I think from a strictly financial view you will struggle to make up the $200 up front cost. If that is your overriding guide then that helps make the decision. I think for many of us that have it, it was about having options and potentially redundancy. Maybe the dream of unlimited showers will full hookups with both sources firing away! 
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03-05-2019, 04:57 PM
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#42
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Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: Renton, Washington
Trailer: 2014 Escape 19
Posts: 53
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Originally Posted by MikeS
I think from a strictly financial view you will struggle to make up the $200 up front cost. If that is your overriding guide then that helps make the decision. I think for many of us that have it, it was about having options and potentially redundancy. Maybe the dream of unlimited showers will full hookups with both sources firing away! |
Agreed. I like options. Maybe I can fire up both and invite some of those tent campers over to take a shower so they don't feel cheated.
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03-05-2019, 05:18 PM
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#43
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Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: North of Danbury, Wisconsin
Trailer: 2018 Escape 21C
Posts: 3,033
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We have dual fuel water heaters in both our trailers . We have never run either water heater on propane . Cost was not a factor , having options was !
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03-06-2019, 07:54 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: WI, Wisconsin
Trailer: 2018 Escape 5.0 TA
Posts: 465
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Originally Posted by steve dunham
We have dual fuel water heaters in both our trailers . We have never run either water heater on propane . Cost was not a factor , having options was !
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03-06-2019, 08:29 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
Trailer: 2013 19' & 2013 15B
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Quote:
Originally Posted by steve dunham
We have dual fuel water heaters in both our trailers . We have never run either water heater on propane . Cost was not a factor , having options was !
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We also have the dual fuel water heaters in both of our Escape trailers. We have never run either water heater on electricity. Cost was not a factor, having options was.
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03-06-2019, 08:43 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Naugatuck, Connecticut
Trailer: 2017 50 TA, 2016 F150, 2.7 Ecoboost
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We have dual fuel heater and used both, although not together. OPTIONS 😎
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03-06-2019, 09:09 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: St. Thomas not BVI., Ontario
Trailer: 2014 Escape 5.0TA / 2016 Ram Eco Diesel 4X4
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Originally Posted by Chotch
We have dual fuel heater and used both, although not together. OPTIONS ��
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Hi: Chotch... We have duel showers and dual fuel water heater. Never had enough nerve to use the outside shower and the inside one isn't big enough for both of us!!!  Alf
escape artist N.S. of Lake Erie  "Searchin' for my lost shaker of salt".
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