Question about Suburban SW6DE water heater...
My neighbor has this water heater and can't get it to work. It's a new trailer for her, on line info says it works on both gas and electric but looked in literally every nook and cranny in her trailer...
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Check inside the trailer where the other switches are (Water Pump, Tank Levels etc.) and see if there's a switch for the Water Heater. There has to be one somewhere. It will be red and light up most likely when in the ON position. You use that when you are going to use Propane to heat the water. Turn on the propane at the tanks, turn on the red switch and if someone is outside by the access panel, they should hear the spark igniter clicking and then the propane lighting. If it doesn't, there could be spiders or some other blockage preventing the propane flow. The switch on the Water Heater itself is behind the access panel on the outside of the trailer. It's in the lower left corner area. That's for the Electric Heating element. There will be no noise or clicking with that. If that switch has been turned on even for a couple of minutes without any water in the tank, it will need to be replaced as it will be burned out. You can test that by taking an Ohms reading with a multimeter. If it needs to be replaced, this one is the correct one for the Suburban Water Heaters. Heating Element
