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Cartwrk
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Oct 06, 2020

Dometic Atwood gc10-4e hot water heater overheating

A few months ago we had a new Dometic Atwood gc10-4e 10 gallon gas/electric hot water heater installed. After installation we discovered that the electric wasn't working. The mobile repair guy wouldn'...
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Traver8
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Oct 07, 2020
I can suggest one other possibility. It happened to me so I know it is real. I had the relay that switches the 120v to the electric element stick "on" thus powering the element 100%. This caused very hot water and release through the relief valve. In this scenario, the thermostats were not involved In the control of the heating so they were not able to provide control.

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