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Originally Posted by FlyingScot
SailinAway's recent thread brings a different question to mind--
Our NH house is used sporadically over the winter and we have kept the gas water heater on....Is it OK to turn off a gas hot water heater for weeks or months at a time, then turn it back on, wait a few hours for the water to heat up, and enjoy a shower as if nothing had happened? (I'd switch off/on both gas and electric simultaneously)
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I hope so as I regularly turn off the gas hot water heater on the island if I am away for long stretches (generally during the "shoulder seasons"). When I get to camp, I light the pilot, heat the water, and use it without thinking about it.