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beavercommander
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Jun 18, 2013

1998 Beaver Patriot Thunder water heater

We purchased our motorhome last fall and just had a little time to learn about it some before we had to winterize it. This is our first time owning a motorhome. We went out on our first trial run on Sunday...it was great!!! We need some help though if anyone has an answer we would be very grateful...we have a Seaward water heater and we cannot find the switch to turn it on. We have looked everywhere and the info says it has one but not where to find it. Purplexed! Sure hope someone has some suggestions. Thanks...
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  • beavercommander's avatar
    beavercommander
    Explorer
    Jun 21, 2013
    Cottontop wrote:
    Welcome aboard.
    Mine is 98 also but have a different water heater



    Thanks anyway, appreciate it.
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    beavercommander
    Explorer
    Jun 21, 2013
    dcbopp wrote:
    My Safari Panther has a Seaward hot water tank w/elec heater and the switch is right next to the tank. It's a common household 110v electric switch on mine'

    david


    Thank you. The only switch I find there is on the silver Hurricane panel, on the inside left. Thanks for responding.
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    beavercommander
    Explorer
    Jun 21, 2013
    StevenH wrote:
    Welcome to the group.

    I would look at the 120 V circuit breakers and see if one is turned off. I have a 97 Patriot mine are located on the drivers side very rear of the coach over the closet next to the bed.

    Also check near the kitchen sink. Just to the right of it below the counter there are two switches (on my coach) one for the water pump the other for the water heater.

    I have an Aqua hot system so the information may not help.

    Steve


    I do have two switches on the right side of the kitchen sink and the closest one to the middle says heater fan on/off the other says water pump. Breakers and fuses are ok. Thank you for responding to my post I appreciate it.
  • bluwtr49's avatar
    bluwtr49
    Explorer II
    Jun 19, 2013
    On my 2000 there is no switch for the HW heater just a breaker in the panel in the closet.

    Diesel heat is, of course controlled by the Hurricane.
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    dcbopp
    Explorer
    Jun 19, 2013
    My Safari Panther has a Seaward hot water tank w/elec heater and the switch is right next to the tank. It's a common household 110v electric switch on mine'

    david
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    Twomed
    Explorer
    Jun 19, 2013
    Do you have a switch that says Hurricane Electric or 110? May even be a panel marked Hurricane that has a switch marked electric. The Seaward was a direct replacement 110/ccolant served hot water heater for the Hurricane heating system.

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  • StevenH's avatar
    StevenH
    Explorer
    Jun 19, 2013
    Welcome to the group.

    I would look at the 120 V circuit breakers and see if one is turned off. I have a 97 Patriot mine are located on the drivers side very rear of the coach over the closet next to the bed.

    Also check near the kitchen sink. Just to the right of it below the counter there are two switches (on my coach) one for the water pump the other for the water heater.

    I have an Aqua hot system so the information may not help.

    Steve

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