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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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Chris_Bryant
Explorer II
Nov 22, 2016
If it is still heating on the electric side, it has nothing to do with the thermostat, which is the same one for both gas and electric (on that model).

Let it get cold enough to call for heat, flip on the LP switch- does it fire a spark and not light? Does it light but then go out (the original problem, I believe), does it not fire a spark but you can hear the gas valve open?

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