atwood GHC6A-10E water heater

Gdetrailer wrote:

dougrainer wrote:

CharlesinGA wrote:
Weld the tank. that heater is no longer made in that size and shape. The Texas deep freeze of a year ago went thru all of the stocks of the old Atwood design.

Suburban does make a Atwood compatible replacement but its a Suburban with its steel tank and I would not want one.

The heater disassembles rather easily and you only need a couple of sleeves that fit the outside of the flame tubes, They press in and easily done with a piece of large PVC pipe as a driver.

The H in the model number GHC6A-10E is what tells you it is a heat exchanger model.

Charles

After 43 years as an RV tech, I don't understand WHY you would not want a Suburban Water Heater. It has a porcelain-lined, steel water heater tank. I would state that the rate of freezing and causing a destroyed inner tank is 10 to 1. 10 Atwoods for every 1 Suburban is about what I have experienced over the years. Granted, you cannot buy a Suburban replacement inner tank, but they are more forgiving in freezing weather than the Atwood Aluminum tank. Doug

If you don't drain either before freezing weather, neither will survive in my area.. No advantage to steel or aluminum for freezing but aluminum does tip the scale on being able to deal with some pretty narly water quality issues that tend to eat out steel water heaters in a hurry..

Wished I could get a all aluminum 40 gallon water heater for my sticks and bricks, would beat having to replace steel tank water heaters every two to three yrs, the last steel tank gas water heater for my sticks and bricks cost me $520.. And yes, have anode, water softener plus used electrically isolating connections to reduce the electrolysis effect my high iron and dissolved mineral content. My water is tuff on things, even ate a pin hole in the middle of a 5yr old copper pipe!

OP believes the motor aid is a very popular item, well, I suggest that the OP could have a aluminum fabrication shop copy the design of the tank (can't be a direct copy, have to make some design "improvement" adjustments to avoid any patent infringements), then build a few extra copies, get the tanks pressure tested and certified and then offer a refurb/rebuild service.. If what they say is true, they should be a millionaire in a short amount of time..