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nazpaz
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May 16, 2020

Atwood Water Heater gas comes on-only electric switch is on

I flushed out my water heater today. Got a lot of the white flakes out of it. I put the plug back in, turned the water on, and then flipped the 110v water heater switch. However, when I did that, the gas came on and heated it up. The gas side was turned off. If I turn 110v off and turn the gas side on, the gas lights and it heats. If I turn the gas side off and turn only the electric on, the gas lights and it heats.

It was all working fine until today.

Any thoughts would be welcome.

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  • Circuit Board has shorted........

    Both gas and electric use 12VDC for control
    DC comes from Electric and/or Gas On/Off Switches to the common circuit board
    White wire is from Electric Switch
    Orange wire is from Gas Switch

    Electric is shorting across to Gas circuit...




    **2004 Atwood starting using the 'common DC control' for 6 gal & 10 gal models

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