well I screwed up thought there was water in the water heater ,fired it on gas and it ran for 2-3 minuntes.then nothing realized my mistake ,got the water valves turned on.went to refire nothing .switched to the electric side it works fine,what have I burnt out on the gas side? the igniter?thanks

Strange...should be the other way around.Electric side should be burned up...if you turned it on without water in the tank.Are you sure you haven't confused which switches turn on what?

Watch the ignighter while your wife throws the switch. Are you getting spark? I'm not sure, maybe there is a reset if the tank gets too hot.

Maybe there is a limit switch that needs to be reset.

downtheroad wrote:Strange...should be the other way around.Electric side should be burned up...if you turned it on without water in the tank.Are you sure you haven't confused which switches turn on what?no always ran it on the gas side.

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big_russ
Explorer
Sep 07, 2015
downtheroad wrote:
Strange...should be the other way around.
Electric side should be burned up...if you turned it on without water in the tank.
Are you sure you haven't confused which switches turn on what?

no always ran it on the gas side.
dave17352
Explorer
Sep 07, 2015
Maybe there is a limit switch that needs to be reset.
WyoTraveler
Explorer
Sep 07, 2015
Watch the ignighter while your wife throws the switch. Are you getting spark? I'm not sure, maybe there is a reset if the tank gets too hot.
downtheroad
Explorer
Sep 07, 2015
Strange...should be the other way around.
Electric side should be burned up...if you turned it on without water in the tank.
Are you sure you haven't confused which switches turn on what?
darsben
Explorer II
Sep 07, 2015
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