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Spindle
Explorer II
Aug 06, 2023

Dometic WH-6GEA does not work on electric alone

I have a 2022 Forrest River Surveyor. It has the “dreaded” Dometic WH-6GEA water heater in it. It’s my understanding that this water heater is supposed to run on gas alone, electric alone or on both a...
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Roger10378
Explorer II
Aug 07, 2023
I am not familiar with that particular model but most of them work basically the same.

Electric heating is 115 Volt AC but you don't even mention checking for it. 12 volt is for control of the gas so if gas only is working you know the 12 volt is good.

You either have tripped the breaker for the 115 volt or there may be a switch on the unit. Or the electric might have been on with no water and burned out the element.

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