Suburban HWH not working?
I decided today to verify that my Suburban water heater needs a new 120 V heating element. I removed the gas nozzle, and pulled the cover over the end of the element. I checked, and got 0 ohms across ...
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YES. There are four little thermostatic cutoffs under the rubber cover. The two with extensions on them are the Energy Cut Off (ECO) thermostats. Those two are pushable to re-set. One for 120VAC operation, one for LPG operation.
It's likely that you have a wiring failure in a junction box. On ours, since the 120VAC connection box is against the inside of the outer coach wall when the HWH is installed, Jayco ran a short line from there to a "punch down" junction box under our kitchen sink. I opened it up and found one of the punch downs had burned out. I fixed ours by gutting the box and using it as a splice box. Connected the wires using wire nuts with tape over them.
It's likely that you have a wiring failure in a junction box. On ours, since the 120VAC connection box is against the inside of the outer coach wall when the HWH is installed, Jayco ran a short line from there to a "punch down" junction box under our kitchen sink. I opened it up and found one of the punch downs had burned out. I fixed ours by gutting the box and using it as a splice box. Connected the wires using wire nuts with tape over them.
