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Re: Atwood water heater won't stay on.
I have a problem very much like what Paul1944 describes... -- New Atwood Gas G6C-8E-SP water heater in my RV -- When Remote Switch is switched on, light turns red, then off within 10 seconds usually -- Water heater stays on for 10 to 30 minutes, then turns off -- The Remote Switch light does NOT turn back on -- I cannot turn light off and then back on for an hour or two -- After the shutdown, the sink running water is definitely warmer for 10-15 seconds so I know the heater has heated water. I assume that means there is water in the tank. -- I installed a new RV Water Heater Thermal Cut Off Switch Kit Replace for Atwood 93866 - understood that it probably wouldn't make a difference but installed it anyway. It doesn't appear to break after cutoff and water heater can restart sometime later (like an hour or two later) -- I purchased a new Atwood 91447 Thermostat Assembly and can install it if that would make for a difference Old-Biscuit wrote: "Model is GC6A-8E Flame is more orange than blue. There is a wire with what looks like a resistor in it, what is that for?" 8E has separate controls for electric & gas ELECTRIC: 120VAC comes from a Circuit Breaker to on/off switch (backside of WH Tank) then thru set of T-stats to element (also backside of WH Tank) GAS: 12VDC comes from Fused source to 'thermal cut out' (fuse in clear tubing----it blows at 190*F if flame blowback occurs and stops ALL DC to water heater. One shot device --replace if bad) From thermal fuse DC goes to/thru TT-stat then to circuit board Circuit Board then sends DC to ECO/Gas Valve AND spark electrode From Old-Biscuit earlier comments, I take it that I should pay anything to the follow... Anything else? ============= Posted earlier by Old-Biscuit When flame lights off......is flame BLUE and quiet (very slight roar)? IF NO (YOU stated more ORANGE then Blue) Might need to adjust air shutter ---typically only needs to be roughly 1/4 open Might need to clean orifice (soak in alcohol/air dry), clean burner tube (small bottle brush) =============1.8KViews0likes0Comments
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