Help needed from across the ditch [NZ]

[iainNZ]

Hi Guys .Need some help...
i have a 31 foot 2006 jay flight .Imported a few years back from America..With the earthquakes over here I am living in it full time..Till my house is fixed,,what I want to know is, did this model come out with a cal font, my one has a 6 gallon hot water cylinder ,which is not suitable as I don’t have mains power connected. and dont want it left on all day and night on gas.. Is there a cal font that fits, instead of the water cylinder?
Iain
NZ

[Crabman]

Welcome to the forum and sorry to hear about your Earthquake damage. I would like to help, but what is a cal font? With no power I`m thinking the gas portion of your hot water heater is your best option. Perhaps others will join in.

[iainNZ]

sorry spelt it wrong calafont [instant gas hot water]...
iain
NZ

[Terry]

Hey iainNZ - welcome to the forum. Sorry to hear about your situation - but glad you have a good camper to live in.

I searched a little on google and I believe Calafont is a product from NZ. Here in the states, pretty much all travel trailers have the water cylinder.

They do make a tankless model, but it is fairly expensive - I believe around $1,000 US dollars, plus installation.

How long do you plan to stay in the camper? It might not be that cost effective to switch for a short duration. There was some other discussion on here recently about these type of heaters - hopefully someone will add to the conversation.

[Albertaguy]

Iain,

Hope everything is getting back to normal on the South Island. I can't be of much help on your water heater other than to say, is there no way to connect shore power? That would be the cheapest option as I imagine propane is pretty expensive.