water heater malfunction
I have a 2017 Jay Feather TT. I came with an Atwood 6A-7 6 Gallon manual light water Heater. I replaced it with an Atwood model G6a-8e-sp with the spark ignition and an Atwood control switch. The power for the ignition is from the lighting circuit at the converter. It worked just fine on our first trips then on a month-long trip to Indiana about half way into the trip it quit. Once home I took it to the Atwood dealer. They diagnosed it as a faulty circuit board and replaced it. On our first trip it heated the water 1st then when re-heating it cycled on-off several times in a 2-minute cycle then went into lock-out mode. When I returned it to the dealer it worked fine for them but replaced the thermostat just in case. At home on shore power it went into lock out again same as before. I returned it and they couldn’t find the problem so I had them install a brand-new water heater unit. Brought it home and had same problem. I returned and they replaced the circuit board. Worked fine at shop and on battery power at home. My question is what would cause the circuit board to keep going bad. This is one of 3 boards that have been replaced on my water heaters. Is there something in the converter causing this? Is it where I hooked it up to power? Are Atwood’s just a bad choice for a water heater?
