This tankless hot water heater works great if you usually don't camp in colder months and don't use a lot of hot water all at once. Heats 2.5 gallons per minute and includes a door for replacing your old tank or tankless heater.
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If you're replacing an old tank or tankless water heater, you'll want to pick a water heater with a door that will at least be as large as the current access door on your RV. Be sure to search for the water heater that includes the correct size you need.
Fogatti 7 Door Options
Door Size | Door Color | etrailer Part Number |
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15" x 15" | White | FG89FR |
Black | FG29FR | |
15" x 18" | White | FG56FR |
Black | FG36FR | |
18" x 18" | White | FG96FR |
Black | FG46FR |
Fogatti's tankless hot water heaters are popular for being efficient and quality options, but which model would be best for you? Let me give you a quick summary:
Fogatti 7: Lower Btus and lower flow rate compared to the 8s. This can be a good pick, though, because that means you're using less propane to heat water. If you aren't trying to heat very cold water, and you don't expect that anyone else is going to be using hot water while you're in the shower, then this will be a perfectly fine option, especially if you use low-flow fixtures for conserving water. I'd recommend it for solo campers or couples who almost never camp in cold months.
Fogatti 8 Plus: Higher Btus and flow rate while being the same size as the 7. You'll get slightly better performance, and it will be more effective at heating colder water. The extra flow rate won't necessarily allow you to run both a faucet and a shower at the same time without noticing a difference, since both fixtures can use 2.5 gallons per minute. But if you have a higher-flow shower head, this can keep up better. I'd recommend it if you're likely to camp when it gets chilly overnight and want a little extra performance.
Fogatti 8 Pro: This is the same as the 8 Plus, with the addition of a water mixing tank. This tank adds a few more inches to its depth, but that generally won't be much of an issue, especially if you're replacing a water heater with a tank. I'd recommend it if any variance in water temperature is going to really annoy you.
Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Hi, everybody, Andy here with etrailer.com. Let's take a look at this Fogatti InstaShower 7 tankless water heater. Now if you're wondering about the differences between this Fogatti 7 and then their 8 Plus or the 8 Pro, take a look at this product page. And at the lower half of this page, we do have a brief summary of each of those water heaters. So you can read that and determine which one is going to be best for your particular application. This tankless water heater, though, is going to work great if you generally don't camp in colder months and you don't use a lot of hot water all at once.
This 48,000 BTU heater heats two and a half gallons per minute, which is the average water flow of an RV shower. And as you can see, this does include a white metal door that I have loosely attached here at the front to our water heater. And this is a standard size white hinge door with a flat lock, and it's gonna be 15 inches wide and 15 inches tall. And this is going to give you easy access for cleaning or maintenance. Now I said it was loosely attached.
I don't have the hardware securing this door, so, I'm just going to open it slowly here so you can take a view here. And I just have it slid into place on the water heater. But larger size doors are available when replacing a tank water heater with a bigger access door. And again, this is obviously in white, but if you're looking for a black one instead, the good news is we do carry the black one as well. So on your screen, I am including the part number for that black one.
You can just take that number that you see there on your screen, pop it in the search field of our website, and that will take you to the black version of this, but everything will be the same except for the color of the door. Now this efficient propane burner is going to heat water only when you use your faucets or shower. And the lower BTUs are gonna help conserve gas if you don't need super hot water or you only camp in warm months. And this has an automatic ignition type pilot ignition type. And then this does also include this wall controller with a digital display that's going to let you adjust and show diagnostic error codes.
The temperature settings are gonna be from 95 degrees to 123 degrees Fahrenheit. The water pressure is 14 and a half to 116 PSI, and the preferred pressure is gonna be 40 to 45 PSI. The internal safety components are going to protect you, your family, and your RV. For instance, it automatically cuts off gas if the flame goes out to help prevent leaks in your RV. So let's go over some measurements here. Looking at the overall dimensions, as I mentioned, the door is going to be the widest and the tallest point here, 15 inches tall, 15 inches wide. The cutout is going to be 13 inches wide by 13 inches tall on the unit itself without the door. The overall depth from the front of the door all the way to the back is about 14 and 5/16 inches deep. Without the door, just the water heater itself, it's gonna be about 13 and 13/16 inches deep. So overall, this door is gonna be adding about two inches in width and two inches in height to the actual unit itself. This will be a simple installation with the included hardware that you see here, and it's gonna use your existing lines and cutout. Temperature and pressure relief valve are required for installation. That's not included with this, and an additional cutout depth will be needed to help make the connections. Well, I think that's going to wrap up our brief look today. I do hope that our time together was helpful for you. Again, my name is Andy. Thank you for joining me.
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