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dougrainer
Jan 27, 2020Nomad
ggardne2 wrote:
Just for info most Atwood/Dometic water heaters have a front mounted thermostat that controls the 12V propane circuit and on the back of the heater there is a second thermostat that controls the 110V element. If you only change the front thermostat it will impact the propane temperature but will have no impact on the electric element temperature. Unless you have a rear access panel or access to the back of your water heater you will need to remove the water heater to access the thermostat for the electric element (at least on any Atwood I have experience with). You can verify this information by reviewing the wire diagrams in the manual to your water heater.
Atwoods more than 15 years ago had 120 and 12 volt(LP) tstats. Since then they use just 1 tstat for both modes. Doug
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