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joraz
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Oct 15, 2014

Atwood On Off

My 95 coach has the original Atwood heaters. Both have been working well. Today, my front one started behaving strangely. When the thermostat called for heat, the fan would start as usual and the burner would ignite as usual. However, after burning for maybe three seconds, the burner would turn off (the fan would keep running). Anyhow, I cycled it maybe five times or so and now it's working perfectly. I was thinking the limiter switch or the circuit board but was surprised when it began working again. Ideas? Thanks.
jor

Arghhh... just cycled on again and no fire. Darn!
  • Possibly the sail switch is starting to fail; it can be intermittent for a while before failing completely.
  • The thermo coupler that keeps it lit once it's lit can go bad (if it has one) It is a a Thermo (kept open by heat) switch and it looks like a tube smaller than a pencil sticking in the area where the burners flame would contact it. Make sense?