Stalking Light said:Serious ouch. I've been lucky that the first thing I do when I set up camp is start the pump so the few times I've forgotten to fill up the hot water heater were taken care of by accident.
Good routine and of course hind sight is always 20-20 but we always fill our hot water heater tank when we fill our main tank...that puts an extra 6 gallons on-board. Honestly I never thought about the possibility of running the hot water heater without water in the tank; bad assumption on my part thinking that there would be an auto shut off to eliminate what happened to you. Live and learn.
Don't beat yourself up Longhorn we have all stepped in it one time or another!
Phil