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GenoB
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Jan 06, 2020

Suburban SW6 lights but drops out after 30+ seconds

I'm a pretty good troubleshooter but this one has me going. My 10 year old water heater has been working fine but now will only light and run for approx 30 seconds + or - a few seconds. a) Normal se...
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BFL13
Explorer II
Jan 08, 2020
Thanks for the follow-up! Really good work finding that.

OK, now my other question-- what's with this? "h) DC power is always 12.5vdc"

If you are on shore power, 13.6v converter, 12.5 is a big drop to the WH IMO. If on battery, 12.5 is about 75% SOC and is not constant--so not "always".

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