Problem with Atwood water heater
My water heater is electric and gas. When I turn the switch on it does not work on electricity. It does operate and ignite on gas. However it runs until the pressure relief valve spews water. I ha...
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You may want to check your electrical connections. Your new thermostat should have two limit switches, one for the thermostat and one for the high limit.
It sounds like neither is working in a brand new unit? You ordered the set of two, right? What is the part number or a pic/link?
Are you sure you reconnected the wires in the correct place?
Connecting the thermostat wire to the high limit would make it far too hot, but should trip before the tpo, unless it is crapped out, too (maybe Scott was correct about the TPO being bad, in spite of the wax miswording ;) )
It sounds like neither is working in a brand new unit? You ordered the set of two, right? What is the part number or a pic/link?
Are you sure you reconnected the wires in the correct place?
Connecting the thermostat wire to the high limit would make it far too hot, but should trip before the tpo, unless it is crapped out, too (maybe Scott was correct about the TPO being bad, in spite of the wax miswording ;) )
