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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Atwood guide says you can get flame outside from a blocked burner tube or from a blocked flue tube. The photo shows that it was coming from the air shutter over the orifice, so the burner tube needs unblocking at least. (Flame might also be from the flue)
BTW, they say to use a brush to clean it all out or the rag on wire and that "compressed air may not fully remove the obstruction".
I would clean it all up and see if it still works first. Worth a try. If no good
The burner tube comes with the air shutter on Amazon so that is easy.
If the circuit board is damaged inside the partly melted cover, it can be replaced too. Sparker set too. My sparker set was rusted on like in the photo so I had to use it with the new burner, but you can get all that new.
EDIT--can't remember if that circuit board in the photo has that little 2a blade fuse that you can replace from outside it. ( I swapped mine around and the CBs are different but work the same way)
So confirm the fuse is good before giving up on the CB.
Turns out the older board in the OP's does not have that fuse.
BTW, they say to use a brush to clean it all out or the rag on wire and that "compressed air may not fully remove the obstruction".
I would clean it all up and see if it still works first. Worth a try. If no good
The burner tube comes with the air shutter on Amazon so that is easy.
If the circuit board is damaged inside the partly melted cover, it can be replaced too. Sparker set too. My sparker set was rusted on like in the photo so I had to use it with the new burner, but you can get all that new.
EDIT--can't remember if that circuit board in the photo has that little 2a blade fuse that you can replace from outside it. ( I swapped mine around and the CBs are different but work the same way)
So confirm the fuse is good before giving up on the CB.
Turns out the older board in the OP's does not have that fuse.
