Atwood Hot Water Heater - No Electrical
My hot water heater is an Atwood 10-gal Model GCH10A-3E. Serial No. 94165016218. This heater hasn't worked on AC since this past summer. I can manually start it on propane and it runs fine. I started...
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What can you do from the "Front".. ALmost nothing
ON the rear you need a volt meter or better yet a multi meter and you will need a clip ended jumper wire. Insulate also some tape or plastic tubing.
First turn off the circuit breaker.. Then open the relay box (You may need to cut some tape) and clip the clip lead on one of the wires, black or white, inside.. Now slip the tube over it and clip the other end to the meter probe.. slip the tube over that connection or tape it to insure total insulation.
Get the other wire (White or black) ready and (Optional 2nd clip lead tube or tape and the other meter lead) meter set for AC volts 150 volt range or higher turn on breaker is power present???? YES good. Try heater does power go away or remain. Remains good
TUrn beeaker off.. THe element should be under the insulation just above the box (or behind it) CLip onto the element leads.
Same test only now you should ONLY have power when calling for heat.
Turn breaker back off and measure element resistance. OPEN CIRCUIT replace element.
ON the rear you need a volt meter or better yet a multi meter and you will need a clip ended jumper wire. Insulate also some tape or plastic tubing.
First turn off the circuit breaker.. Then open the relay box (You may need to cut some tape) and clip the clip lead on one of the wires, black or white, inside.. Now slip the tube over it and clip the other end to the meter probe.. slip the tube over that connection or tape it to insure total insulation.
Get the other wire (White or black) ready and (Optional 2nd clip lead tube or tape and the other meter lead) meter set for AC volts 150 volt range or higher turn on breaker is power present???? YES good. Try heater does power go away or remain. Remains good
TUrn beeaker off.. THe element should be under the insulation just above the box (or behind it) CLip onto the element leads.
Same test only now you should ONLY have power when calling for heat.
Turn breaker back off and measure element resistance. OPEN CIRCUIT replace element.
