Rpod 179 hot water

So my wife and I took our 2017 rpod 179 out to our seasonal site, after dealer de-winterized it. The pod was purchased last year June 27,2017. This is our second season. We got to the seasonal site and hooked up to the breaker, and hooked up to city water. We waited for the tank to fill,purged the line using sink tap. Then I went outside to the hwt and turned the switch from off to on. Nothing happened. No pilot light. What am I doing wrong.

The hot water heater can work on propane and/or 120v electricity.  The switch outside is only electric.  It has nothing to do with propane and of course won't light a pilot.  It has a breaker inside in the fuse panel.)  Both the outside switch and the breaker need to be on, and you need to be hooked up to shore power.

Totally independent, the propane switch is inside and should be clearly marked. Turn it on and leave it on as long as you want hot water.  It works just like a home hot water heater, either gas or electric.  It will turn itself off and on to maintain the water temp.  The propane pilot does not stay on; an electronic spark reignites it as needed.  It works on 12v battery power to tell a control board on the water heater to ignite the propane pilot, and once it's confirmed that it's on, it fires up the main propane flame to heat the water.  Propane needs to be turned on at the tank, of course.

You can use either propane or 120v to heat water, or for extra fast recovery, you can use both.

TT

I believe I have the answer. My dealer winterized the pod and de-winterized it. It is quite possible that the tech doing the de-winterization forgot to set up the bypass valves. Is this an easy fix or does the dealer need to do it. I am already setup at the seasonal site and it would be a pain to have to tow back into the city.

This is my first time with a travel trailer and my first time using HWH. please forgive my ignorance. I need propane to run stove? But everything else using shore power? How do I know if I have burned out my coil?

Reread my first post in this thread.  The stove is propane only.  The water heater is propane and/ shore power.  The fridge is propane or shore power or 12v DC.

Regarding the water heater, you could test it with a volt ohm meter but if it's turned on and not working the element is probably blown. 

Make sure you have water in the WH tank.  Stephen's methed is sure fire.  You can get water out of the hot water faucet if the winteriazion valves are in their winter positions because the flow of water bypasses the WH.  Turn on the water; either from your onboard tank or from a municipal supply and open the pressure relief valve on the outside of the water heater.  It's something that looks kind of like a faucet with a little lever.  Lift the lever.  If air rushes out the tank is filling but not full.  If nothing happens the bypass valves are in the wrong position.

Check your fuses/breakers.  With some luck you flipped a breaker instead of blowing the WH electric element.

TT