Water heater melted (just bought)
Just bought this RV two days ago. Parked it, plugged in, turned gas on, and turned the water heater switch on. It was working great. I was getting hot water until this happened. Now what?
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That is an extremely OLD Atwood. I would say pre 1995. Since the WH is that old, I would replace the complete unit. The cause of that blowback was a restriction in the burner tube and/or restriction in the chimney exhaust, usually insect nests. This type problem rarely happens on newer Atwoods with the Flame/thermal sense fuse. It happens but the thermal fuse melts before damage to the water heater controls. Doug
