No hot water flow, stopped up ?
Atwood G6A-8E, RV 1997 Fleetwood Bounder 36S The WH is in a sealed box next.to water bay, this is outside under the RV, no access to connections.at back of WH, Water goes into the water heater , it ...
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Hi Mr. Wizard,
I can't help you with getting to it, but I maybe can help on the problem reading what has been posted.
If your water heater on the top hot discharge port has a check valve that look like this,
See the brass two male threaded object pic on the left next to the gray plastic fitting. That is the check valve out in the open.
This is the discharge end that will screw to into your discharge piping. There is a white plastic stemmed plunger with an O ring on it you should see it if is still attached.
The side that screws into the tank has a small white plastic keeper on the stem of the plastic plunger that looks like this
That type of valve has failed in a few ways that I have seen.
The O-ring/plunger is stuck closed and the water pressure cannot push it open.
The more common way I have seen, the little stem keeper pops off, falls inside the tank and the plunger and spring goes flying out into the discharge piping and runs into a 90 degree elbow that "almost" stops all flow through the elbow.
Your setup looks like it has to have a hard 90 degree fitting at the hot water discharge which could be holding the plunger that flew out.
I'm not a motor home guy, but I have worked on many travel trailers and some 5th wheels that have had this issue.
Hope this helps
John
I can't help you with getting to it, but I maybe can help on the problem reading what has been posted.
If your water heater on the top hot discharge port has a check valve that look like this,
See the brass two male threaded object pic on the left next to the gray plastic fitting. That is the check valve out in the open.
This is the discharge end that will screw to into your discharge piping. There is a white plastic stemmed plunger with an O ring on it you should see it if is still attached.
The side that screws into the tank has a small white plastic keeper on the stem of the plastic plunger that looks like this
That type of valve has failed in a few ways that I have seen.
The O-ring/plunger is stuck closed and the water pressure cannot push it open.
The more common way I have seen, the little stem keeper pops off, falls inside the tank and the plunger and spring goes flying out into the discharge piping and runs into a 90 degree elbow that "almost" stops all flow through the elbow.
Your setup looks like it has to have a hard 90 degree fitting at the hot water discharge which could be holding the plunger that flew out.
I'm not a motor home guy, but I have worked on many travel trailers and some 5th wheels that have had this issue.
Hope this helps
John
