Can't figure out this water heater...

[lauravanb]

We have an Atwood water heater, model G6A-8E. I can get it to run perfectly well off LP, but when we are hooked up to power I'd like to use that instead. I believe this model can run off of either but so far we have been unable to get it going with electric. To start it on LP all I do is turn the LP to "on" on the indicator panel, no switches to switch, it just does its own thing and fires up. There are two toggle switches that we suspect have something to do with engaging the electric, but flipping them has no effect on the water tank. One is on the unit under the sink, and one is on the side of the cabinet. The dealer said the latter was to use electric but alas, it does nothing. We have considered that we may need to replace the coil, but there does not appear to be even an attempt on the machine's part to start electrically. Pics of switches below:

[DOTLDaddy]

According to Atwood, that model is LP only. I believe the "e" in the model name simply refers to the fact that it has electronic ignition, versus a pilot.

Atwood manual

[Darryl_Rita]

Does anyone see an electric element in the first pic? I must be missing it.

[Captain_Happy]

Also check to have sure the wire hasn't burned off the switch on the unit itself, and maybe the switch on the cabinet many be bad. That happened to mine once. Like others have stated, check the element with an OHM meter.

[csamayfield55x]

It probably has a burned out element. If you have a multimeter you can check the element leads and look for resistance.Make sure power is off when you do this If there is resistance then you need to check for voltage. If you are not comfortable around electricity then get someone who is. Those are live 120 volt and will reach out and bite you

Chris

[lauravanb]