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Army11Bravo
Explorer II
Jun 18, 2015

Atwood Hot Water Heater Not Working - Need Help

We are currently camped at the Colter Bay RV Park in the Grand Tetons and our hot water heater isn't firing. It worked for the first 3 nights of camping, but since we plugged into electrical hook-ups,...
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Old-Biscuit
Explorer III
Jun 18, 2015
BluegrassBill wrote:
Good diagnosis Old Biscuit, You get a gold star.


Actually...

'DavidP' and 'pugslyyy' questioned the thermal fuse first.

I just followed up with details about the thermal fuse and added a picture



'Army11Bravo'

Clean combustion/exhaust chamber and burner tube.
Something caused the thermal fuse to blow.

New ones come 2 to a shrink pak

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