Electric Water Heater Failure
Just today my Atwood electric water heater won't make hot water. It is approximately 12-13 years old and no trouble until now. I checked the circuit breaker and it is not "thrown" and the light in the...
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Dick_B wrote:X2. I have seen the secondary switch on the outside of the couch overheat and fail in my parents coach. Switch had been making poor connection for some time, so the plastic was very brittle.
If you can get to the wiring check for voltage at the input and, if there is another on/off switch at the heater check to be sure it is working ie. passing on the voltage when `on'.
If the voltage is good you could disconnect the wiring to the element and check the resistance of the element. If there is resistance the element should be good. If the resistance is `infinite' you know it is bad and should be replaced. I don't remember what the resistance reading should be. If you have a spare you could compare the readings.
My biggest problem was just getting to the wiring. I had a burned up wire and had to take the Heater out of the RV to fix it.
