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Atwood Ele. and Propane Water heater

December 16, 2016, 11:56:30 am

When WH is in propane mode it will fire up from cold and run about 10-15 min and shut down with fault light.  Attempts to reset and restart works sometimes but usually not.
Could this be a bad circuit board,bad gas valve or a temperature limit switch ?
It works fine on electric.
Thanks in advance for any corrective ideas.

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Re: Atwood Ele. and Propane Water heater

Reply #1 – December 16, 2016, 12:10:53 pm

Hope this helps;

http://bryantrv.com/docs2/docs/atwoodwaterheater.pdf

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Reply #2 – December 16, 2016, 12:22:50 pm

After following T-Man's link, troubleshooting and finding you need a new board, Dinosaur makes a reasonably priced replacement for most RV heaters, fridges, etc. It has a 10-20 second delay built in that caught me by surprise. I should have read the instructions better.

Dinosaur Electronics Home. High quality circuit boards for RV appliances.
 
Pierce

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Reply #3 – December 16, 2016, 12:40:07 pm

Glad to have you back, Pierce

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Reply #4 – February 14, 2017, 05:40:49 pm

Finally, thanks for the trouble shooting guide T-Maan, it helped a great deal.
Found the gas regulator to be bad (allowing too much pressure into system) and bad circuit board.
Thanks again, sorry I took so long

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Reply #5 – February 14, 2017, 06:30:15 pm

No problem, glad you got it fixed.

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