Atwood G6A-8E water heater caught fire
I went on a trip this week and before going out in my 2006 Four winds i checked all systems. On the trip I tried turning on the hot water heater and it caught fire and burned the wires going to the c...
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I just replaced mine just bought the motorhome last year some bone head tech or complete idiot put mine back together after a freeze cracked tank without the sealing rings installed exhaust was dumping in the coach almost killed us thankfully the CO monitor was working.
I installed mine from a eBay buy brand new
To answer your question water connection will need to be dealt with in the rv I wouldn't take the chance of stressing the pex from the outside. Your wiring should be long enough to deal with from the outside just have support or help hold it when sliding it out so u don't rip the wiring. Yours maybe burnt by the sounds of it
All else is done from the outside I used butyl to seal the new one in
Super easy job takes about an hour
Oh and even after draining the old heater be ready with towels when sliding it out as I had quite a bit of water under the sink
Sorry for punctuation typed this on my phone
I installed mine from a eBay buy brand new
To answer your question water connection will need to be dealt with in the rv I wouldn't take the chance of stressing the pex from the outside. Your wiring should be long enough to deal with from the outside just have support or help hold it when sliding it out so u don't rip the wiring. Yours maybe burnt by the sounds of it
All else is done from the outside I used butyl to seal the new one in
Super easy job takes about an hour
Oh and even after draining the old heater be ready with towels when sliding it out as I had quite a bit of water under the sink
Sorry for punctuation typed this on my phone
