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CPTArcher
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Sep 29, 2020

Slide Out and Hot Water Heater Not Working

The slide out and gas/electric hot water heater is not working on my 2014 26ft bumper pull Aspen Trail travel trailer.

Swapping relay on my slide out did not fix issue. Fuses are good. Push switch on slide out and nothing happens. Can open manually.

Light on switch for heater comes on but water never changes temp. Not sure if issues are connected or separate issues.

Trailer is being used as hunting camp, so moving at the moment is extremely difficult.

My initial thought is a critter may have chewed the wires but I am not seeing any visual sign of damage/entry from a casual inspection.

Probably causes? Where do I should I start troubleshooting?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

5 Replies

  • LVJJJ's avatar
    LVJJJ
    Explorer
    Oct 14, 2020
    AHA! Atwood, that's your problem. I have had nothing but problems with every Atwood appliance I've ever had. Two water heaters had propane, burner problems. Furnaces give up and sound like a super sonic jet when they fire up. Get a Suburban. Neighbor had an Atwood furnance in her park model (we live in a gated RV park) and we also live in a park model. We have a Coleman furnace. Since the neighbor is Canadian and doesn't come down in the winter, I've had to call the service guy two winters in a row to fix her furnace. Nothing but hassles with Atwoods. They should not be allowed to be on the market.
  • CPTArcher's avatar
    CPTArcher
    Explorer
    Oct 03, 2020
    Old-Biscuit wrote:
    Slide out and water heater both use DC BUT are separate issues

    Slideout...typically wired directly to battery POS post with an in-line fuse (or DC Circuit Breaker) so start at battery and follow smaller individual wires to the fuse/CB and check if blown/tripped

    Water heater....
    Could be Main DC Fuse bad, could be tripped t-stat, could be Fuse on water heater circuit board, could be circuit board
    It would help if you posted Brand/Model of water heater


    It’s an Atwood 6 gallon.
  • Old-Biscuit's avatar
    Old-Biscuit
    Explorer III
    Sep 29, 2020
    Slide out and water heater both use DC BUT are separate issues

    Slideout...typically wired directly to battery POS post with an in-line fuse (or DC Circuit Breaker) so start at battery and follow smaller individual wires to the fuse/CB and check if blown/tripped

    Water heater....
    Could be Main DC Fuse bad, could be tripped t-stat, could be Fuse on water heater circuit board, could be circuit board
    It would help if you posted Brand/Model of water heater
  • CPTArcher's avatar
    CPTArcher
    Explorer
    Sep 29, 2020
    jdc1 wrote:
    Start with the propane.....


    Thank you for the response.

    Propane is full and doesn't work when using electric either.

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