cougar28 wrote:Old-Biscuit wrote:
If element is burnt out......No 120VAC acroos the black/white terminals cause element is burnt out
If the element itself burns out you would still have 120v between the
black and white at the terminal. The element has not control over the power feeding it. Correct me if I'm wrong.
cougar28 wrote:Old-Biscuit wrote:
If element is burnt out......No 120VAC acroos the black/white terminals cause element is burnt out
If the element itself burns out you would still have 120v between the
black and white at the terminal. The element has not control over the power feeding it. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Old-Biscuit wrote:
If element is burnt out......No 120VAC acroos the black/white terminals cause element is burnt out
Old-Biscuit wrote:
If element is burnt out......No 120VAC acroos the black/white terminals cause element is burnt out
wing_zealot wrote:Old-Biscuit wrote:So if everything is working normally but the element is burned out will I get 120v across the two terminals on the end.? Or if I take the element out will I get continuity across the two terminals at the top of a good element?
10E version uses DC to control electric and propane
Element might not be bad.....could be:
No DC from circuit board to the DC Relay
(yellow wire should have DC when Electric is selected and water is cold)
DC Relay could be bad
AC wires to/from that Relay could be melted
Element could be burnt out/shorted
DC Relay and Element are on backside of the WH Tank under the protective cover at bottom of tank
How you access depends on your RV....could be via inside a cabinet, removable panel, removable cabinet floor (removable means just stapled in place...pry it open) or even from underneath RV or panel in next compartment
Check for access directly behind where water heater is installed
Wiring..follow the DC
1 1/2\" thin wall 6 point socket to remove element if bad
wing_zealot wrote:Old-Biscuit wrote:So if everything is working normally but the element is burned out will I get 120v across the two terminals on the end.? Or if I take the element out will I get continuity across the two terminals at the top of a good element?
10E version uses DC to control electric and propane
Element might not be bad.....could be:
No DC from circuit board to the DC Relay
(yellow wire should have DC when Electric is selected and water is cold)
DC Relay could be bad
AC wires to/from that Relay could be melted
Element could be burnt out/shorted
DC Relay and Element are on backside of the WH Tank under the protective cover at bottom of tank
How you access depends on your RV....could be via inside a cabinet, removable panel, removable cabinet floor (removable means just stapled in place...pry it open) or even from underneath RV or panel in next compartment
Check for access directly behind where water heater is installed
Wiring..follow the DC
1 1/2\" thin wall 6 point socket to remove element if bad
wing_zealot wrote:
Or if I take the element out will I get continuity across the two terminals at the top of a good element?
wing_zealot wrote:
Or if I take the element out will I get continuity across the two terminals at the top of a good element?
Old-Biscuit wrote:So if everything is working normally but the element is burned out will I get 120v across the two terminals on the end.? Or if I take the element out will I get continuity across the two terminals at the top of a good element?","body@stripHtml({\"removeProcessingText\":false,\"removeSpoilerMarkup\":false,\"removeTocMarkup\":false,\"truncateLength\":200})@stringLength":"203","kudosSumWeight":0,"repliesCount":0,"postTime":"2021-05-18T16:50:04.000-07:00","lastPublishTime":"2021-05-18T16:50:04.000-07:00","metrics":{"__typename":"MessageMetrics","views":582},"visibilityScope":"PUBLIC","placeholder":false,"originalMessageForPlaceholder":null,"isEscalated":null,"solution":false,"entityType":"FORUM_REPLY","eventPath":"category:RVTalk/community:feyqc97479board:TechnicalIssues/message:3556499/message:3556503","replies":{"__typename":"MessageConnection","pageInfo":{"__typename":"PageInfo","hasNextPage":false,"endCursor":null,"hasPreviousPage":false,"startCursor":null},"edges":[]},"customFields":[],"readOnly":false,"editFrozen":false,"body@stringLength":"1454","rawBody":"
10E version uses DC to control electric and propane
Element might not be bad.....could be:
No DC from circuit board to the DC Relay
(yellow wire should have DC when Electric is selected and water is cold)
DC Relay could be bad
AC wires to/from that Relay could be melted
Element could be burnt out/shorted
DC Relay and Element are on backside of the WH Tank under the protective cover at bottom of tank
How you access depends on your RV....could be via inside a cabinet, removable panel, removable cabinet floor (removable means just stapled in place...pry it open) or even from underneath RV or panel in next compartment
Check for access directly behind where water heater is installed
Wiring..follow the DC
1 1/2\" thin wall 6 point socket to remove element if bad
Old-Biscuit wrote:So if everything is working normally but the element is burned out will I get 120v across the two terminals on the end.? Or if I take the element out will I get continuity across the two terminals at the top of a good element?","images":{"__typename":"AssociatedImageConnection","edges":[],"totalCount":0,"pageInfo":{"__typename":"PageInfo","hasNextPage":false,"endCursor":null,"hasPreviousPage":false,"startCursor":null}},"attachments":{"__typename":"AttachmentConnection","pageInfo":{"__typename":"PageInfo","hasNextPage":false,"endCursor":null,"hasPreviousPage":false,"startCursor":null},"edges":[]},"timeToRead":1,"currentRevision":{"__ref":"Revision:revision:3556503_1"},"latestVersion":null,"messagePolicies":{"__typename":"MessagePolicies","canModerateSpamMessage":{"__typename":"PolicyResult","failureReason":{"__typename":"FailureReason","message":"error.lithium.policies.feature.moderation_spam.action.moderate_entity.allowed.accessDenied","key":"error.lithium.policies.feature.moderation_spam.action.moderate_entity.allowed.accessDenied","args":[]}}}},"User:user:2884":{"__typename":"User","id":"user:2884","uid":2884,"login":"wa8yxm","biography":null,"registrationData":{"__typename":"RegistrationData","status":null,"registrationTime":"2006-07-04T17:54:30.000-07:00"},"deleted":false,"email":"","avatar":{"__typename":"UserAvatar","url":"https://community.goodsam.com/t5/s/feyqc97479/m_assets/avatars/default/avatar-6.svg?time=1737155183000"},"rank":{"__ref":"Rank:rank:40"},"entityType":"USER","eventPath":"community:feyqc97479/user:2884"},"ModerationData:moderation_data:3556502":{"__typename":"ModerationData","id":"moderation_data:3556502","status":"APPROVED","rejectReason":null,"isReportedAbuse":false,"rejectUser":null,"rejectTime":null,"rejectActorType":null},"ForumReplyMessage:message:3556502":{"__typename":"ForumReplyMessage","author":{"__ref":"User:user:2884"},"id":"message:3556502","revisionNum":1,"uid":3556502,"depth":1,"hasGivenKudo":false,"subscribed":false,"board":{"__ref":"Forum:board:TechnicalIssues"},"parent":{"__ref":"ForumTopicMessage:message:3556499"},"conversation":{"__ref":"Conversation:conversation:3556499"},"subject":"Re: Water Heater electric element","moderationData":{"__ref":"ModerationData:moderation_data:3556502"},"body":"
10E version uses DC to control electric and propane
Element might not be bad.....could be:
No DC from circuit board to the DC Relay
(yellow wire should have DC when Electric is selected and water is cold)
DC Relay could be bad
AC wires to/from that Relay could be melted
Element could be burnt out/shorted
DC Relay and Element are on backside of the WH Tank under the protective cover at bottom of tank
How you access depends on your RV....could be via inside a cabinet, removable panel, removable cabinet floor (removable means just stapled in place...pry it open) or even from underneath RV or panel in next compartment
Check for access directly behind where water heater is installed
Wiring..follow the DC
1 1/2\" thin wall 6 point socket to remove element if bad
wing_zealot wrote:
So apparently I burned out the electric element in my Atwood GC6AA-10E water heater.
My questions: where is the element located, I can't see it anywhere, and how do I get it out?
wing_zealot wrote:
So apparently I burned out the electric element in my Atwood GC6AA-10E water heater.
My questions: where is the element located, I can't see it anywhere, and how do I get it out?
