Suburban water heater gas valve stays open no flame

Chris Bryant wrote:
Those gas valves fail all the time, my money is on that.

The only gas valves I see fail are the ATWOOD Gas Valves. I cannot remember the last time I had a Suburban Gas Valve fail. Besides they are dual valves and that is the redundancy of keeping the gas from flowing. Especially on a new water heater. The Atwoods do not blow gas, they seep a small amount when they fail after years of service. Doug