Atwood water question

[sueandmark03]

Long time lurker..first time poster!

I've found tons of posts on Atwood water heaters, but none answer my questions.

I have a 6 gallon electric/gas water heater. Electric side will not heat water, on/off switch on wall will not light up. The propane component works fine, heats water and the on/off switch lights up.

Checked the existing element against a new element, both read 9 Ohms.

Connected 1 lead of my multimeter to the white connection of my element and a lead to a ground, had 9ohms?

Connected 1 lead of my multimeter to the black connection of my element and a lead to a ground, had zero ohms.

I'm getting 115V to the relay switch.

I'm getting 115V between the connectors on the relay.

The only item I couldn' check was the actual wire from the wall switch to the relay, I don' know how to check this.(tried it with ohms and got 0)

Checked thee thermal cutoff, it had continuity.

Anyone have any suggestions on what I could try next without going to a stearlership. I've unplugged and reseated everything.

Thanks in Advance!

[sueandmark03]

the light will not come on when I turn it on via the wall swith. I was at the relay, checked the volts going in and coming out. Read 115 volts and disconnected and reconnected the relay, did not hear anything activate.

I was thinking it may be the wire from the wall switch that leads back to the unit. I'm going to put the camper up for now, and i'm prob just going to replace the relay, lol. 20 bucks for the element and 12 for the relay...stll cheaper than the dealer.

[jsteih]

When you turn the switch on, does it activate the relay? If not it could be the switch, or the wire to the switch.

[sueandmark03]

I just replaced the element, just take it out of the equation...after I was done sweating my butt off and mopping up 2 gallons of water...still no worky.

[jsteih]

See "Test 2" down the page at the link

http://waterheatertimer.org/How-to-test-water-heater-element.html

I would guess that the element is bad because it has resistance on the one side to ground.

[sueandmark03]

Already tested everything connected and disconnected. The existing element reads the same as the new one.

[jsteih]

Unhook the leads off of the element and check the ohm reading across the connections. If its open you need a new one.