Hot water heater not burning right
When I light my hot water heater it stays orange and does not get the blue flame that it should, Any idea on the cause and how to diagnose this? RV places charge an arm and a leg here so I hope I can...
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This thread is a couple of months old but I figured I'd chime in. I had a problem with my Atwood water heater on our Memorial weekend trip. I noticed a whole lot of soot coating the vent and fridge panel above it. The heater had been running for only a few minutes. The flame was lazy, yellow and was visible up to the exhaust side. With guidance from the manual I pulled the burner tube to fine a spider nest flapping inside. I had purchased a small bottle brush in preparation for the job and that did the trick. At first (or second) I thought there was an issue with the propane but there was no change after switching to the new tank so I proceeded to clean the burner tube. Oddly I could not find any posts on RV.net that addressed soot and weak flame from a water heater.
