Hot water Heater not working on Electric
When in camp if electric pwr is availbe, I switch our Atwood 6gal Gas/Electric to electric. Last time out, I switched to Gas for travel. That evening I switched back to Electric but it would not enga...
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First step would be to take the electrical cover off where the wires connect to the water heater and see if there is power there. Ensure you have positive power on the black lead when measuring it to the ground lead, and that you have power from the black to the neutral.
Next is shut off the breaker, remove the wires from the heater connection, and measure the ohms resistance across the heater element. It should be well less than one ohm, more like 1/10 of an ohm. If it is more than that, it is broken inside.
I haven't looked at many... not sure if they have a plug in connection like the fridge does. If that is the case, try with a good extension cord before anything, then do the tests.
Next is shut off the breaker, remove the wires from the heater connection, and measure the ohms resistance across the heater element. It should be well less than one ohm, more like 1/10 of an ohm. If it is more than that, it is broken inside.
I haven't looked at many... not sure if they have a plug in connection like the fridge does. If that is the case, try with a good extension cord before anything, then do the tests.
