Re: Water heater malfunction


"Mike Hendrix" <mikehendrix@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> When I turned on the shower yesterday morning we did not have any hot
> water. I went outside and disconnected all the wires and reconnected
> them. Nothing changed.
>
> From inside the MH under the corner kitchen counter top I located the
> control board for the water heater. It was fastened to one of the
> "walls" in the nearly inaccessable cavity containing the water heater.
> I unscrewed the assembly from the wall and disconnected the wires from
> it. Several dried out bugs fell out when I disassembled the the board
> from the housing. Other than the several long dead bugs falling out I
> did not see anything that looked suspicious.
>
> Then I reassembled the board and housing and plugged the wires back
> in. It started working immediately. I have no idea what the problem
> was other than a bad connection.
>
> I am sharing this information with the group, especially the "fix it
> impared" to give them confidence to at least disconnect and reconnect
> the wires on their inoperable appliances. In many if not most
> instances this will fix the inoperable appliance.
>
> Remember that RV'appliances (water heater & referigerator) are working
> on 12volts. A bad connection can cause problems.
>
> HTH
>
> mike
> --
> Mike Hendrix
> Pensacola
> http://travellogs.us/

Mike:

IIRC, there's a label on my Atwood HWH that sez before attempting any
repair, make sure all connections are clean. Seems you have fixed the prob
by doing just that.

Mike


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