Owners Manual Very out of Date - Page 2

Stephene1219 · 04-03-2022, 05:24 PM

I was unable to get the gas side of the hot water heater to work.

Background

1. Brand new trailer this is the first time I have tried to light gas side of the HW heater
2. Electric side works fine
3. Propane tanks are full and both furnace and stove works fine.
4. I did go outside a smell for gas with the access door open and no gas smell
5. Used city water to start with and flushed all lines until water was running cleanly before trying the HW Heater.
6. Drained everything and then filled the fresh water tank and again flushed all lines until water was running cleanly.
7. Just because I reset the breaker that has the HW Heater on it.
8. Check all fuses (none are marked for the HW) And they were all fine.
9. Unscrewed the toggle switch from the cabinet and check the connections. They were all good.
10. Tried various time frames from 5 sec. to 30 sec. once I toggled the switch on.

Thoughts or do I need to call the dealer and take it back for warrent work.

p.s

Low water pressure in bathroom

When I switched from city water to fresh water after draining everything, the water pressure is fine in the bathroom. Tomorrow I will switch back to city water. I am hoping there was just some air in the lines and we are good. Since it is brand new there was no sediment in the faucet aerators.

Lastly, I again must Apologize for some of my previous threads. This trailer is very different from what I have owned before and I was approaching everything from the wrong perspective. This weekend I have really gone through the trailer from top to bottom as if I am camping and have a much netter feel for everything. I bought the trailer from a brand new dealer who really did not know much more than me. So I probably lacked some key knowledge points.

I will be travel 12k miles or so this summer and fall. Mainly boondocking so getting the HW heater to work on gas is vital.

**Kidkraz** · 04-03-2022, 08:16 PM

Have you tried pushing the two reset buttons on the outside? They may have tripped by accident.

Stephene1219 · 04-04-2022, 07:46 AM

The wall to the bathroom are up.

I just tried pushing the reset buttons in the outside access. I pushed them both simultaneously. The one on the left facing the trailer pushes and clicks but does not set. By that I mean if you push again the button is still out. The one on the right has no button to push. I thinks that means the one on the right is set correctly.

Stephene1219 · 04-04-2022, 07:47 AM

I just tried pushing the reset buttons in the outside access. I pushed them both simultaneously. The one on the left facing the trailer pushes and clicks but does not set. By that I mean if you push again the button is still out. The one on the right has no button to push. I thinks that means the one on the right is set correctly.

Shane826 · 04-04-2022, 04:45 PM

Bill- Water heater, CO/propane detector, and radio & antenna are controlled by that switch now.

**Bill** · 04-04-2022, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Stephene1219

I was unable to get the gas side of the hot water heater to work.

The red light on the sink apron doesn't come on what you hit the water heater toggle switch.

There is one 12VDC feed for that entire sink apron. Do the other 12VDC things come on properly? The push button water level gauges? The refrig fan (which is outside in the rear compartment behind the refrig).

Bill

Stephene1219 · 04-05-2022, 06:02 AM

The refrig fan and the water level gage are working fine. The radio is working as well as the gas to the furnace and stove.

The water heater on electric also works. It is just the gas side that is not working. I have never had the red light come on

Stephene

**ShrimpBurrito** · 04-05-2022, 06:57 AM

Take a look at the backside of the water heater switch to make sure there are 3 wires attached to it. You can do that easiest with either a mirror, or just unscrew the 2 screws mounting the switch to the panel and gently pull it towards you. Those wires have blade connectors on them, and they can sometimes pull off if tugged, which someone may have done inadvertently while working under the sink. If some of those wires aren’t connected, that could explain the issue.

Dave

Stephene1219 · 04-05-2022, 03:27 PM

There are 4 wires.

2 red wires are connected to the rocker switch
1 blue and 1 white wire are connected to the red light

All wires were firmly connected

**rickst29** · 04-06-2022, 08:42 AM

If you've done manual reset on the 12v switch, the next possible failure occurs at the 12v thermostat limit switch.

12v should be going into that switch when you activate the Apron switch. (Check it). If 12v is present at the input side but NOT PRESENT on the outside of that temp limiter switch while the tank is cold, then the thermostat limit switch has gone bad. replace it.

If 12v does come out of the thermo-limit switch, then check the red wires on the module board. (Possible bad switch at the Apron.) If 12v not being fed back to the module board, replace the Apron switch.

If 12v is present from the module board on the wire to the indicator light, then the light has burned out. But if 12v is not present on that wire, then the module board has gone bad. replace the board. I attached the portion of the service manual 'troubleshooting' page 22 which is relevant to the apron indicator light NOT EVEN COMING ON.

I hope that it's a failed apron switch or thermostat limiter, the module board is more expensive.