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BFL13
Explorer II
Jan 10, 2015

Procedure for Lighting Manual Water Heater ? Update

Updated 15 Jan. ----------- Can't find it-- did look. Please give the sequence to light an RV gas WH (a 1981 model) which has a Unitrol with three red knobs. Big knob on front is the thermosta...
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path1
Explorer
Jan 10, 2015
BFL13 wrote:
Thanks! Got the red buttons /knobs sorted out now. It hasn't been used for a while, not lighting. Faint smell of gas with button pushed down. Do you pump the button or just wait forever to get some gas?


Just mash down button (it's not a pump) When ours would sit for a period of time, I used to mash button till my thumb began to hurt, maybe 1 min or longer sometimes. But that was after above directions first.

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