Help with my new (to me) Caribou
Hey there helpful camper crew! We went on our first camping trip last weekend and I had a couple of questions about our '98 Caribou camper. Hot water heater- The pilot light fires up but no hot wat...
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Maybe you have a problem with the thermostat or some component in the heater. It may be time to get out the volt meter and check if power is getting to the various components when that thermostat is set to 90 and the switch is on.
I haven't looked at the wiring on those heaters, but there is a delay before the fan comes on and then a delay before the ignitor, then on switch off there is a delay before the fan switches off (undoubtedly to cool the unit down). I don't know if this is all controlled electronically, but the start-up delay on the fan makes me think it might be just via electrolytic capacitors charged / discharged through a resistor providing the time delay (i.e. the start-up delay might be a side-effect of the required shut-down delay). So it could be a capacitor blown on the circuit board.
Steve.
I haven't looked at the wiring on those heaters, but there is a delay before the fan comes on and then a delay before the ignitor, then on switch off there is a delay before the fan switches off (undoubtedly to cool the unit down). I don't know if this is all controlled electronically, but the start-up delay on the fan makes me think it might be just via electrolytic capacitors charged / discharged through a resistor providing the time delay (i.e. the start-up delay might be a side-effect of the required shut-down delay). So it could be a capacitor blown on the circuit board.
Steve.
