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DaHose
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Jul 06, 2014

Fixing a REALLY old American Apliance (Suburban) water heater

I have a 1983 Jamboree with the original water heater. The old girl really wasn't used a lot, so the inside of the water heater tank still looks good. However, the electrical bits have failed. The ...
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DaHose
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Jul 10, 2014
I still need to find a new burner tube, but I got the second solenoid installed. Here you can see I just threaded on some fittings to the valve and inserted it inline, where the gas line connects to the actual water heater.



An unforeseen plus is that I can hear it click open from inside the RV when the water heater cycles on. Audible cues are nice.

Jose

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