old Atwood water heater help

TucsonJim wrote:
Can you provide the model number?

First of all, do you have propane? Check by turning on a burner on your stove and make sure it lights. Do you have at least 12VDC on your battery.

Turn on a few lights in your rig to make sure they are brightly lit. Even better, measure the battery voltage to make sure it's at least 12V.

If you have a water heater switch inside the rig, make sure it's turned on.

Push the blue knob in and rotate it to the pilot position. You should also hear the igniter sparking.

If all is well, it should light right up. Hold the blue knob in for another 30 seconds or so, and then rotate it to the full on position.

Nope, don't need 12 volts for that one. And, no auto start either. Make sure you have propane.

Light the stove to get air out of the lines.

Then go to the water heater. Turn the control to the pilot position. I ;think; on that one you hold the blue knob in to start the pilot. (If not, then there is another knob somewhere you must depress.)

While holding down the right knob use a grill lighter to light the pilot. The pilot will be over near where the two small lines enter that big hole in the water heater. It may take awhile to get it to fire the first time.

After (hopefully) you get the pilot light to fire you must continue to hold the knob down for oh, a minute, maybe two. Then slowly release the knob. The pilot should stay lit. Then rotate the knob to the run position and away you go.

If this doesn't work let us know and we will go from there. That's a old unit and there could be a few things you might have to fiddle with to get it to work.

Have a nice Day.

Doesn't it have these directions printed right on it???