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Old 03-05-2012, 12:40 PM   #1
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Setup at our new home for the next seven months. The burner on the hot water heater came on but I then switched to 110 Volts. We have no hot water either on propane or 110. The burner comes on for about two minutes then nada. Ideas?
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Old 03-05-2012, 08:15 PM   #2
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There is a short wire with looks like a fuse in it unplug and clean all contacts. I have had this problem through the years. You can also try bypassing short wire and doing a direct hook. Hope it helps.
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Old 03-05-2012, 10:20 PM   #3
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I hate to ask this but, you do have water in the water heater???
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I was thinking the same thing, you might want to check and make sure it is valved in right as it could still be on winter bypass.

easy way to tell is too lift thePressure Relief Valve handle and see if it is pressurized and water is coming out as it could also be airlocked.
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Doeh! Brain fart. It involved the bypass. Needless to say, with a red face, I did it. All is working fine. Thanks to all.
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Art, if you turned on the W/H to electric without water in the tank, you may (probably) have burned out the electric element.



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Art, Stan is absolutely right. Running the electric heating element with no water in the tank usually burns it out. I hope you had water in the tank even though the bypass was in the wrong position.
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Makes you just want to slap yourself huh. Hey, we all have been there at one time or another.
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S-happens, figured it might be the by-pass. Easy fix and hopefully your electric burner isn't burned out.Pretty much seen and done it all over the 30 plus years I've been RVing,you haven't yet begun to see how red the face can beuntil you clean the TV antenna off the roof twice in 3 weeks. Second time 3 days after replacing it with a new one....lol

Oh sweetie was so comforting when that happened after she got off the ground and dried her eyes..... funny I didn't see the humor at the time... looking back now it really was funny stuff.
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We bought a new Jayco 5er in 2006. Brought it home for the first time and my wife was directing me as I backed into the building where we keep our unit. She forgot about the storage shelf in the rear of our building. Made a pretzel out of the ladder. I'll never forget her face as she quickly started motioning me to pull forward. Like it would make it go away. Now when I back the cruiser in ; I sometimes say "Watch the ladder Please". She doesn't like it to much. But it's still funny.
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There was some water in the heater, obviously enough to cover the heating element as the heater is working great on A/C.
My wife got out the Gary Bunzer trouble shooting book and actually asked me about the winterizing settings. Of course, being a male, I took umbrage at that suggestion. How could a man screw up something mechanical, I say meekly.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't there a safety system built into the water heater to prevent the tank from being hurt by running the LP heater when there is no water in the tank? Also the same if the AC heater element is tuned on? Seems like I was talking with a service tech about this once and he said it would shut down after a certain point. In a way it makes sense on the AC element. I have a similar type heating element in my smoker and that certainly isn't submerged in water. Has anybody seen a heater or heating element burned up from being turned on without water in the tank?
Thought I would throw that out there and see if anybody can substantiate it or not.




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The heating element is different than what you have in a smoker or oven. As a plumber I have seen LOTS of elements burned in water heaters. It only takes about a minute to burn one out without water to cool it. I am not aware of a "safety" circuit to keep the RV W/H from trying to heat without water in the tank.



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Thanks for posting Stan. I was hoping somebody with plumbing experience would jump in.




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The RV tech said exactly the same thing as did Stan.
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