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kmb1966
Explorer
Jun 09, 2016

ATWOOD Water heater - works on electric, not gas

Our Atwood water heater suddenly stopped firing up on gas. It appears to be working fine on electric mode (water is getting hot) but won't fire up in gas mode. We are 3/4 tank full on propane, every...
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kmb1966
Explorer
Jun 10, 2016
Update: I just got mine to ignite, but I am still not sure what is wrong. I got it to ignite by touching the brown wire that connects from Tstat (has a thermal fuse looking thingy on the brown wire), When I held it, I could her something "click" slightly. Holding the wire steady after hearing the slight click sound for about 3 seconds, the igniter fired, and the water heater is now heating on gas. Letting it run for now. must be some sort of bad connection or goofy thermal fuse problem?

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