Water heater repair worth sharing
Hi, folks. I know people don't always check the other forum areas, and I just did a repair in my class C that I think is worth sharing. My water heater was dead and I figured out how to bring it b...
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Oldme wrote:
Good point.
When we bought our it was a while before using it due to some health issues.
The Water Heater seemed DOA.
After cleaning the contacts on the board it worked great and still does.
Now it is something I look at at least twice a year.
I feel that many people are too quick to jump on the disposable item bandwagon.
Thanks for the link.
Similar experience with my 21 year old suburban furnace. It was dead when rig was purchased. The previous owner said it would need to be replace. Well, I looked it over and found its control board looked strangely familiar to the one inside the newly installed water heater. Even the wires matched up so I plugged in the brand new water heater control board into the 21 year old furnace and the furnace fired right up. Suburban's control boards haven't changed in all those years.
