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TravelingRae
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Aug 08, 2013

Atwood water heater heating to tepid then shuts off

Last night, I noticed that my Atwood water heater (electric ignition) wasn't lighting. I'd hit the ignition switch and nothing. The water was around 40C (104F). It was definitely getting power. Thi...
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TravelingRae
Explorer
Aug 09, 2013
Before replacing anything (considering it will take weeks to get anything sent here), I removed all the leads to which arrows are pointing in the above picture. Then, I cleaned and reconnected everything and WHOOSH, the water heater started right up! The water's now almost 5 degrees C hotter than it's been all week!

I will order replacement parts, but looks like I bought myself some time.

Rae

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