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gillman
Explorer
Mar 06, 2017

Atwood 6 gallon Water Heater - Not working on Electric..

Need some advice. I am new to Atwood Water Heaters (gas/electric model - GC6AA-10E). I have had 3 other RVs but they all had suburban water heaters and the most recent one was gas only (for 10 years...
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j-d
Explorer II
Mar 06, 2017
I don't know about an Atwood with a logic board for Direct Spark Ignition, but our Suburban, and the older Atwood we had with 120 VAC element on the back side, it was like two water heaters sharing a common tank, pressure safety valve, and plumbing. Control of the LPG heating and the 120 VAC heating was entirely independent.

Might need a wiring diagram to see how the 120 VAC side is controlled on DSI Atwood models. Chris Bryant's website (bryantrv.com) has most of the service manuals for browse or download.

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