Water heater issues

BFL13 wrote:
Which hot wire did you jumper to the fuse and then it worked? That means the wire or where it is from is no good, not the fuse or the board. Whyinheck would you buy a new board for that? Or else I misunderstand ?

Hi, I tried the top 3 wires going into the board, the brown which goes to the t-stat, the white and orange from both interior switches. all 3 were hot when the gas and electric switches are on and that is what I jumped from. No power after that point to the fuse. I dont know much about these and assumed it was the board.