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Mike_LeClair
Explorer
Nov 19, 2016

Is our Atwood 10G water heater supposed to do this?

Hi all! Out water heater, an Atwood GC10A-4E seems to be doing some strange behavior, at least compared to my previous experience with the Suburban heaters. The water is hot and plentiful so no wor...
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12th_Man_Fan
Explorer
Nov 19, 2016
I suspect the problem is caused by running both the gas and electric.

I use both for the original start up but after it has reached the proper temp I cut off the gas and the electric handles the recovery just fine.

Cut off your electric and see if the gas doesn't work more like you are expecting it to then.

Doug

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