Atwood Water Heater won't stay lit.
I have an Atwood GC6AA-10E Water Heater. Since I got the trailer last summer, the hot water heater won't work on gas. It will light, run for 2 or 3 seconds and turn off. If I bypass the controls an...
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I think Newman fulltimer may have touched on a possibility. You said the flame looks weak. Does the BBQ regulator work at the correct pressure? I've never measured a BBQ regulator. Does the frig, stove, and furnace work and if so will they work together?
Sounds like you're mechanically capable.
Measure the pressure at the input to the gas valve. It should be about 11" water column. It should maintain something close to that with other appliances operating. That would positively rule out the regulator.
You can make a manometer out of clear plastic tubing from Lowe's. Put a little food coloring in the water. There are examples of how to do it on the web.
One thing to remember if using a homemade manometer, the measurement is made from the level of one leg to the level of the second leg, not from the zero level to the level of a leg of the tube. You can use the zero as a reference, but you have to multiply X 2, and reading the differential of the legs will be a bit more accurate.
Yes, I've done it, took me an while to figure out what I had done wrong, and I don't usually forget when I've done something incorrectly, once I see my error. Although I'm over 60 so who knows what I'm forgetting.
Sounds like you're mechanically capable.
Measure the pressure at the input to the gas valve. It should be about 11" water column. It should maintain something close to that with other appliances operating. That would positively rule out the regulator.
You can make a manometer out of clear plastic tubing from Lowe's. Put a little food coloring in the water. There are examples of how to do it on the web.
One thing to remember if using a homemade manometer, the measurement is made from the level of one leg to the level of the second leg, not from the zero level to the level of a leg of the tube. You can use the zero as a reference, but you have to multiply X 2, and reading the differential of the legs will be a bit more accurate.
Yes, I've done it, took me an while to figure out what I had done wrong, and I don't usually forget when I've done something incorrectly, once I see my error. Although I'm over 60 so who knows what I'm forgetting.
