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Title: No hot water
Post by: Neecy on March 15, 2021, 12:16:00 am

Last night I had hot water. Today, I don't.  I tied using the electric and the gas -- no hot water. I don't know what I need to check next.  Any suggestions?

Title: Re: No hot water
Post by: Neecy on March 15, 2021, 12:17:49 am

I forgot to add that I have a 2013 2552

Title: Re: No hot water
Post by: Ron Dittmer on March 15, 2021, 12:24:02 am

Kill the power to the house.  Open up the HWT access panel outside and make sure each electrical connection is clean and tight.  You might have corrosion and/or looseness causing an intermittent connection.  Anything suspicious, clean the terminal spades with steel wool and soak the wire-ends in CLR, then rinse them in a small cup of water, dry off, crimp-tighter if they slip over too easily, and hope for the best.

If your problem is deeper yet, then my advise ends there.

Title: Re: No hot water
Post by: mikeh on March 15, 2021, 01:00:21 am

Neecy,

I'm not where I can access my manual on my heater, but I do know that there is a control board in the unit that manages various parts of the water heater operation.  Mine had a bad board when delivered, and would not fire up on either electric or gas until the board was replaced.
Since it has a control board, that means it uses a DC feed to operate the board, and I assume it gets the DC feed from a fuse in your electrical panel--so you might check the fuses in your panel.  If you have internet access, you can search on Atwood/Dometic RV water heater--there are some troubleshooting videos online that might help.

Mike

Title: Re: No hot water
Post by: Ron Dittmer on March 15, 2021, 11:18:14 am

Very good point Mike.....check all your little 12V house fuses.  I wouldn't know which fuse supports the HWT so pull them out one at a time and visually look to see if the little filament inside is solid or broken.  It is very simple to do and takes a few seconds to check each one.  A needle nose pliers will pull them out, but if you have no tools, I think a tweezers will suffice.

Title: Re: No hot water
Post by: keelhauler on March 15, 2021, 11:49:11 am

Water heater and refrigerator are on fuse 6
Check DC voltage for your 2 batteries.

Title: Re: No hot water
Post by: CalCruiser on March 15, 2021, 01:11:14 pm

Maybe the thermostatic control  is failing??
Assuming there is water pressure, propane, and 110v AC,  try turning the dial all the way up and down a few times .

https://homesteady.com/how-7287574-set-temperature-atwood-water-heater.html


Footnote: Always check the obvious first. This suggestion is purely a SWAG. Good luck!

Title: Re: No hot water
Post by: Neecy on April 05, 2021, 05:02:44 pm

Thank you all...It is fixed!  I don't know what was wrong, hired a guy.