Electric Water Heater?

[Vidorcom]

Went camping this weekend and figured out water heater is not working when on Electric. Opened up the panel and the breaker was turned off. I switched to on and still nothing. When Purchased this trailer was winterized, am I missing any other location that I need to turn on?

Thank you in advance.

[Scarpo]

What heater do you have? I have a SW10DE, and there is a small rocker switch in the heater just below the gas valve that needs to be turned on for the electric element to work. You can also check the reset buttons just above the rocker switch.

[jje1960]

X2, look on the water heater itself, accessed outside, you should see a rocker switch, possibly with a pin retainer to hold it in the propane position. When you find it, little hint we have found, if you want really fast recovery and have full hookups, use both propane and electric at once, the water will be hot extremely quickly.

[SAD]

Originally Posted by jje1960

X2, look on the water heater itself, accessed outside, you should see a rocker switch, possibly with a pin retainer to hold it in the propane position. When you find it, little hint we have found, if you want really fast recovery and have full hookups, use both propane and electric at once, the water will be hot extremely quickly.

This ^^^^^

[Festus2]

On many, but not all Suburban water heaters, there is a small, black rocker switch that has been referred to in the above posts. As already mentioned, the switch has provisions for a cotter pin which should be inserted when your water tank is empty. This is a safety precaution to prevent your HW tank from being heated by 110v when you are plugged in but your tank is empty. You may, for example, want to use 110v during the winter when your have winterized your unit and drained your HW tank. Having this switch in the OFF position and locked with the cotter pin prevents the accidental switching on of your tank.
You can have this switch in the OFF position and still use propane. The switch must be in the ON position to heat the tank by electricity.
Not all units have this exterior rocker switch so if you cannot find it, your HW heater may not have this feature.

[rojoslay]

I went through the same thing this past weekend. First I had to find the by pass line to fill the water heater tank. It was placed behind a wood panel. I did not try the reset buttons to get the electric water heater to work. Will try this weekend.

[Western Traveler]

Wow, The search function really is my friend!

Thought I was given a propane only W/H when only the propane came on even with the breaker on.

[Al Sandoval]

Thanks to you. I got Hot water whitouth using my Propane manual did not tell me this

[abneynormal]

I almost burnt up the element when I figured out there is a bypass valve behind the water heater. mine only has the switch on the outside. I usually just click the breaker off when im on 30 amp service. note the lpg may not always start turn it off and on a couple of times till it fires.