Atwood water heater won't light
G6A-8E-SP model number. It was brand new last March. Worked fine last year and this spring. The last outing with it, it wouldn't fire up. What I've covered so far. Turn the switch on inside, the red l...
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Ralph Cramden wrote:dougrainer wrote:
1. There is no problem with Suburban boards. Just because you had a problem does not mean out of millions of boards there is a problem
2. Yes, there is a problem with Atwood Water Heater boards. As of 9/1/2018, most distributors should have the updated boards. The problem is, Atwood has/had no way of determining which boards are defective. Originally, back in July, we were instructed by Atwood to get ALL replacement boards from the Manufacturing facility in Greenbriar, Tenn. Atwood knew that those boards were the new updated. ALL the distributors until 9/1/2018 would have the suspect bad boards. THAT is why there are multiple failures on the same water heater. It took a few months last spring for Atwood to realize they had a problem. Once they realized it during the summer they let Service centers know and instructed for boards to come from Greenbriar. Even the boards the OEM RV makers had in their parts dept were bad. Doug
Of course there are no problems with Suburban igniter boards.
I cannot remember the last time I replaced a Suburban Water heater board. There is no common failure of Suburban Boards. They do fail but it is extremely rare. Doug
