Atwood G6A-8E water heater question
Anyone have information, on how to test the control module on a 99 year model Atwood G6A-8E 6 gallon water heater. It has 12V power in the brown wire going to the thermostat & from the thermostat u...
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Battery power comes from ON/Off switch to the normal t-stat on Brown wire......thru closed t-stat back to module.
Battery power then leaves module on RED wire to ECO (high temp t-stat) then to gas valve solenoid to grd
Check for power from battery on Brown wire back to module at connector plug.
With power on Brown at connector...check for power on RED wire from connector.
Power going in on Brown wire but not coming back out on RED wire......bad module
Power coming out of module on RED wire but gas valve not opening.......check solenoid.
Even if gas valve Red wire doesn't have power the spark should as it gets power at same time gas valve does.
No power to gas valve..no spark occurring........sounds like bad module
If so go to Dinosaur Electronics.......much better control boards
LINK
Battery power then leaves module on RED wire to ECO (high temp t-stat) then to gas valve solenoid to grd
Check for power from battery on Brown wire back to module at connector plug.
With power on Brown at connector...check for power on RED wire from connector.
Power going in on Brown wire but not coming back out on RED wire......bad module
Power coming out of module on RED wire but gas valve not opening.......check solenoid.
Even if gas valve Red wire doesn't have power the spark should as it gets power at same time gas valve does.
No power to gas valve..no spark occurring........sounds like bad module
If so go to Dinosaur Electronics.......much better control boards
LINK
