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Topic: water heater

Posted By: osage
Subject: water heater
Date Posted: 14 Jun 2017 at 6:45pm

just got back from our 1st trip this yr. having trouble with the water heater not lighting try to but after

3 try's va va voom and will not light scares the crap out of you. you can hear it ark but will not light. also toggle switch on elect. unit stuck on can you replace the switch or just the whole unit.

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Posted By: furpod
Date Posted: 14 Jun 2017 at 7:14pm

yes you can replace the switch. it may take a couple tries/resets to get the WH running on propane if it's been a while.

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Posted By: Leo B
Date Posted: 15 Jun 2017 at 5:06am

Ditto! Also might want to check for bee's nests/spider nests or mice nests tucked away in the system.

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Posted By: osage
Date Posted: 15 Jun 2017 at 9:10am

Posted By: osage
Date Posted: 15 Jun 2017 at 9:13am

it may light after 1 or 2 resets it's the va va boom that worries me. also where can I get the switch?

Posted By: furpod
Date Posted: 15 Jun 2017 at 3:12pm

not sure what the vavaboom is, but, like, a couple billion people heat water with propane or natural gas around the world.. you are MUCH more likely to get electrocuted then vavaboomed.

The switch is on amazon, etc, just a basic rocker switch.

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Posted By: osage
Date Posted: 15 Jun 2017 at 4:17pm

va va boom is the gas that is built up trying to light. do you need to pull the heater to get to the switch?

Posted By: osage
Date Posted: 15 Jun 2017 at 5:08pm

got the switch out and a new one on order

Posted By: Richand Cindy
Date Posted: 15 Jun 2017 at 5:45pm

On our first two week trip, the water heater DSI light came on and would not go off. We stayed at camps with full hookups so just ran the heater off of electric. No problems but cannot figure out why no spark on propane as refrig ran on propane and so does stove. Left RPOD at dealer to repair

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