water heater won't light when raining or damp
Hi all, I've been having a problem with my water heater on rainy days and days with high humidity. It won't light, the igniter works you can hear it but the burner doesn't light and it eventually g...
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If it is an Atwood, I would suspect a dirty or cracked spark probe assembly? In the manual it will tell you how to check the integrity of the spark probe. If you can hear the spark then I wouldn’t suspect a bad board. Basically when it is dry out, you turn the gas off and insert an insulating material between the sparking and ground probe gap and this might force the spark to jump where it would if it is damp out? If you do it when it is dark out, it would be easier to see the spark.
