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dufferdj
Explorer
Jan 30, 2022

Water heater not working on the electric setting...

Water heater (Atwood GC6AA-10E) works as expected on propane, but will not heat the water on the electric setting. I have reset the circuit breaker, checked the thermal cut off (fuse) for continuity,...
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naturist
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Jan 31, 2022
Sometimes this problem arises because somebody turned the electric heating element on when the water heater was not full of water. When that happens, it burns out the heating element almost instantly. The cure is element replacement. The test to determine if the heating element is functional is a resistance, for which you need an ohmmeter.

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