Problem with Atwood furnace
Hi everyone. I have an Atwood 8516DCLP in my 1999 Alaskan Camper that worked wonderfully, but then all of a sudden stopped firing up. Fan would blow (common thing with the circuit board it has) but no ignition sound. I was going to trouble shoot the solenoid gas valve coils, and then the sail switch... considering that 75% of circuit boards are not faulty and replaced for nothing... and realized that I'd have to access the furnace from the inside of the camper so began taking cabinets and compartments apart. Good thing I did.
On the camper wiring that goes to the furnace, along with the thermostat wires, is a white wire that attaches to a yellow wire and then a plug connection. Alaskan says that the white wire is ground. From there the wiring goes to the furnace. The yellow wire's insulation was melted, exposing bare wiring. Good thing there wasn't a fire! I've included some photos. The furnace is only runs off the inverter from 120V shore power, no battery connection.
Any idea what might have caused this?? I'm at a loss. And after seeing that melted wire, pretty concerned. I see that the wiring was damaged after the wiring clamp, but not before that. So I 'do' wonder if that has something to do with it(??).
Don
On the camper wiring that goes to the furnace, along with the thermostat wires, is a white wire that attaches to a yellow wire and then a plug connection. Alaskan says that the white wire is ground. From there the wiring goes to the furnace. The yellow wire's insulation was melted, exposing bare wiring. Good thing there wasn't a fire! I've included some photos. The furnace is only runs off the inverter from 120V shore power, no battery connection.
Any idea what might have caused this?? I'm at a loss. And after seeing that melted wire, pretty concerned. I see that the wiring was damaged after the wiring clamp, but not before that. So I 'do' wonder if that has something to do with it(??).
Don
