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mminorhsd
Explorer
Jun 12, 2013

Atwood Water Heater Pilot Light Won't Stay Lit.

I have an older travel trailer that has an Atwood manual light pilot light system. The pilot light will not stay lit. I have removed the burner tube and cleaned and adjusted it. I removed the thermoco...
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wa8yxm
Explorer III
Jun 12, 2013
mminorhsd wrote:
I removed the thermocoupler/pilot light tube assembly and tested the thermocouple. It outputs .060 mv.


.060 mv is way too low. 480mv (.489 volts) is the test criteria. Replace the thermocouple.

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