atwood water heater
my atwood water heater keeps blowing the ECO & Thermostat replace 5 times this year replace board 2 years ago rv is 2003 looks like there was a little water on out side of tank replace thermostat last...
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When replacing the set of t-stats the tank contact area needs to be clean AND the t-stats need to be tight against tank.
Now if above has been done and t-stats are failing......then excessive AC ripple could be the problem.
AC ripple is result of converting AC to DC...how much depends on diodes/capacitors.
To measure....test DC supply voltage at water heater. Then swap meter from DC to AC and measure......anything more than 1 volt AC could be why you are going thru t-stats.
That means converter is not filtering the AC ripple out.
Now if above has been done and t-stats are failing......then excessive AC ripple could be the problem.
AC ripple is result of converting AC to DC...how much depends on diodes/capacitors.
To measure....test DC supply voltage at water heater. Then swap meter from DC to AC and measure......anything more than 1 volt AC could be why you are going thru t-stats.
That means converter is not filtering the AC ripple out.
