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Old 06-10-2018, 10:24 AM   #11
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OK, let's look at the situation (as I understand it)....

Everything worked normally last fall. You winterized, and then this spring, you de-winterized, but forgot to turn the water heater bypass to fill the water heater. Turned on the electric element, burned it out, replaced it and the electric and the gas functions don't work. First, are you sure the element you used is a 110VAC element and that it's the proper wattage? (1100 watts, if I remember correctly)

You say the end of the anode rod feels warm (transferred heat from the water through the metal rod), so there is some electricity getting to the element. And the gas function still won't light....

The only common component between the electric side and the gas side is the thermostat/high limit switch (one is 110VAC for the electric element and the other is 12VDC for the gas function). If those thermostats or those high limit switches are burned up (possibly from the same event that burned up the electric element) then the water heater COULD (not would) function on electricity for a few minutes, then stop based on a faulty thermostat and not turn back on because of a faulty limit switch. If the 12VDC limit switch is tripped, then the gas would not function at all.....

So, have you pressed the reset buttons under the black rubber seal in the upper left hand portion of the outside of your water heater???? You may or may not feel a "tactile click" when you push the buttons. You can remove the rubber seal to visualize the two thermostats/high limit switches. Be sure to unplug the RV from shore power or turn off the water heater circuit breaker on the power panel before removing that rubber plug or you may get more than a tingle if you touch the wrong part !!!!!

Let us know what happens when you press the reset buttons on the limit switches.
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