Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

I'm thinking about installing a water heater like a Triton or Eccotemp L5 on my cargo conversion. I have a tall metal cabinet that could hang on the outside of the trailer, and I would install the heater inside.

My question is, how do you vent one of these? It looks like there isn't anywhere to connect a vent, just an open top on the heater. I would like to keep the battery and electrical equipment inside the cabinet too.

If you do not plan on boon docking, meaning you will have electricity, look at the tank less electric ones. I have used them in both our campers. I used the 2.5 gal Aristion one. http://www.homedepot.com/p/Ariston-2-5- ... /100051412 . They work great and do not take up a ton of space.

Yeah, we'll be boondocking for sure.

I just placed my order for an Eccotemp 5L.. Might have to modify the steel cabinet with some vents, but it should work.

I think it's been discussed before, but that L5 is intended for outdoor use only as I recall.

<Chas>

I mounted mine in the cabinet under the sink and next to my shower. The vent is standard 4 x 12 x 6 HVAC right angle boot (sometimes called a torpedo) which was close in size to the outside of the tankless, crimped for a tight fit, pop riveted, then sealed with hightemp aluminum duct tape. The flue was a standard 6" double wall but I had added a 6 x 5 reducer to the boot making it a triple wall where it passes through.

The tankless stands off the wall about 3 inches on the closest side. I had added a sheet of aluminum on the other, not as a precaution but to cover a hole, but hasn't proven to be necessary so did not bother to do the same on the close side. A small operable louvered metal register vent would be better for the outside exhaust than a plastic dryer vent.

On the lowest setting it is fine for the shower without a cold water line and mixing valve but I did replace the plastic hose that came with the shower head with a section of the braided steel toilet connector after the plastic melted.

More pics and details on page 3 of my Log Cabin build journal.

M C Toyer wrote:I mounted mine in the cabinet under the sink and next to my shower. The vent is standard 4 x 12 x 6 HVAC right angle boot (sometimes called a torpedo) which was close in size to the outside of the tankless, crimped for a tight fit, pop riveted, then sealed with hightemp aluminum duct tape. The flue was a standard 6" double wall but I had added a 6 x 5 reducer to the boot making it a triple wall where it passes through.

AHA! There's the answer I was looking for. Clever!