Water Heater Dual Source Question
Hi All. I have an Atwood 10 gallon water heater on my rig. It is able to work on GAS and on ELECTRIC. Today we had an all day huge rain storm so I decided to wash alot of dishes while my wife went ...
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Seeing as your RV is a 2005 your Atwood WH uses the same set of t-stats for electric and propane temp control (normal t-stat/140*F and ECO/High temp t-stat/180*F)
RED light is fault for electric and/or propane
Propane....failure to light main flame
Propane/electric....IF ECO Open
Neither turn on.......thermal fuse blown
Water was REALLY hot....Fault light......suspect normal t-stat didn't open/ECO did.
You opened hot water......enough cold water refilled WH Tank. Fault light was able to be reset (turn switch OFF then back ON) cause ECO will auto reset when water temp is 110*F.
Wet environment could have caused normal t-stat to not open (cool water on the t-stat or shorting across the terminals)
Check that normal t-stat is being held tight against WH tank wall for proper temp sensing and that the terminals/wiring to t-stat is clean/tight and free of moisture.
I had one that I had to put tape across when we were in heavy rain for a week otherwise I could not get any hot water
RED light is fault for electric and/or propane
Propane....failure to light main flame
Propane/electric....IF ECO Open
Neither turn on.......thermal fuse blown
Water was REALLY hot....Fault light......suspect normal t-stat didn't open/ECO did.
You opened hot water......enough cold water refilled WH Tank. Fault light was able to be reset (turn switch OFF then back ON) cause ECO will auto reset when water temp is 110*F.
Wet environment could have caused normal t-stat to not open (cool water on the t-stat or shorting across the terminals)
Check that normal t-stat is being held tight against WH tank wall for proper temp sensing and that the terminals/wiring to t-stat is clean/tight and free of moisture.
I had one that I had to put tape across when we were in heavy rain for a week otherwise I could not get any hot water
