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GenoB
Explorer
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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Old-Biscuit
Explorer III
Jan 08, 2020
YEP......gas valve solenoids
Takes BOTH to hold gas valve open against the spring pressure

Should have had to test ohms earlier but when you stated you had 12VDC ON both I ignored the ohms testing
:S

Glad you found the issue.!!

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