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Traver8
Explorer
Aug 20, 2019

Atwood Water Heater Relay - Stuck Closed Again

Hi All, I am back again with a recurring problem that I am struggling to understand. Yesterday, for the third time in 6 years I had the relay for the electric side of my Atwood water heater stick c...
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Old-Biscuit
Explorer III
Aug 20, 2019
Flute Man wrote:
To confirm the diagnosis, I would pull the relay and then ohm the contacts to verify that the Contacts are really stuck.
Jerry Parr


Relay uses DC to trigger AC to element
AC can NOT get to element unless Relay is closed

OP stated......
W/O DC ON the AC is still getting to the element.
Hence....relay is closed

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