Water heater

[Alexhunter]

My water heater will not run on 120v power or propane gas.
Has anyone encountered this issue.
Thanks. Rick

[DownTheAvenue]

bikendan wrote:

Alexhunter wrote:
Thank you for all the suggestions.
Trailer has hot water.

Thanks again

Rick

It's always helpful for others, if you posted what the fix was.

X2

[DownTheAvenue]

Dennis12 wrote:
Sounds like storage switch is shut off.

I did not know water heaters had a "storage switch." At least none of the water heaters in my 6 RVs I have owned over the years had a "storage switch."

[bikendan]

Alexhunter wrote:
Thank you for all the suggestions.
Trailer has hot water.

Thanks again

Rick

It's always helpful for others, if you posted what the fix was.

[Alexhunter]

Thank you for all the suggestions.
Trailer has hot water.

Thanks again

Rick

[Alexhunter]

Wow, nice replies. First time in a forum.
Filled with water. Installed brand new batteries.
Ran water pump till it purged all the air out of the system.
I have checked all the breakers and fuses. Found one blown fuse.
I plugged into 120 v power. It still will not fire.
Oh, both propane tanks were filled before I started. Loosened the gas line at the water heater. You could hear and smell the propane.
I haven't worked on it today. But I have things to check now.
Thank you all.

Rick

[DutchmenSport]

A year ago I killed my water heater by attempting to run it with no water in the tank. I burned up the electric heating element, and even the propane gas fire stopped. Nothing would get it running again on either gas or electric. I did end up taking it to my RV repair shop and they fixed it. They put a new electric heating element in it, AND a new thermostat. Turns out, I destroyed the thermostat by running it with no water.

Could be a bad thermostat preventing either gas or electric from turning on.

Just a basic question here, but are sure you have water in the tank? I'm a seasoned camper, years and years with my TT and even my parent's TT as a kid. It only took one ... "DUH!" moment or "Senior Citizens" moment to forget ... oh C R A P! I forgot to fill it with water!

[Dennis12]

Sounds like storage switch is shut off.

[RJsfishin]

If its any consolation to you, one of the easiest problems to fix, is when "nothing" works,....in this case, if you are armed w/ a volt meter or a test light

[j-d]

If the LPG is Full and On, the Battery is Charged and On, and the Shore Tie is Connected and ON, we can do little more without

Water Heater Make and Model

Do you have a Test Meter?

[garyemunson]

It has to have 12 volts to work at all. Check that first.

[corvettekent]

Check to see if you have 12 volt power to the control panel.