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DutchmenSport
Explorer
May 07, 2016

What to do when the Water Heater goes out?????

Yes, ours went out this week end. Long story short, I turned on the electric (and) the gas with no water in the tank. I'm 100% positive the electric element is fried, and it won't fire on gas any more...
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Old-Biscuit
Explorer III
May 08, 2016
So you have a Suburban WH.......cause you tried the Push to Reset Buttons

Now remove that cover and check the set of t-stats.

Black wires....120V AC (Left side)
Red wires......12V DC (Right side)

If wire between top (Hi Temp---Resettable t-stat) and bottom (Normal t-stat) is burnt into...power stops at the top t-stat

Propane System'
12V DC from FUSE to ON.OFF Switch to T-stats to control board (on backside of tank) to gas valve/spark electrode.

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