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Cartwrk
Explorer
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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Old-Biscuit
Explorer III
Oct 07, 2020
If they HARD Wire the 120VAC to the element it has NO TEMPERATURE CONTROL
The T-stat/ECO (in outside compartment) are for BOTH gas/electric

W/O wiring it correctly they have BYPASSED the t-stat/eco and the electric will not shut down until T&P BLOWS and 120VAC CB Trips

IDIOTS! have placed you in DANGER ....water heaters are mini boilers. Safety controls are required. They stupidly bypassed those safety features

SEE/READ Pgs 23, 24, 25 to understand the necessary conversion for proper operation and SAFETY

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