Water heater not working
I just bought a 2000 Airstream Land Yacht and the water heater isn't working. The light doesn't go on when I turn the switch on. The fuse in the panel is good. The switch on the unit is on. There is w...
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Teleman wrote:Bobbo wrote:BFL13 wrote:
Specs for that RV say only that it is a "10 gal gas/electric w Motor Aid"
So model of the Atwood still needed. (what is motor aid?)
My previous Winnebago Class C had a functioning "motor aid" water heater. Just like a radiator hose runs to your vehicle heater to heat the vehicle in cold weather, a radiator hose runs to a pipe running through your water heater. It heats the water in your water heater while you drive so that when you park, you already have hot water.
I see heater hoses running into the back of the water heater so apparently I have the same model. How hot does it get the water?
Roughly 130*F after 2 hours drive time
The 'heat exchanger'/'motor-aid' is just a 1/2" tube on exterior of tank wall ---hot engine coolant flows from engine thru tube back to engine
