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Water heater was working normal and then yesterday it stopped. Will not work on electric or propane. It is an electronic ignition Atwood 10 gal. Help! Service can not get here until Monday.

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Check the 2 Amp fuse located on the circuit board located on the WH, accessible from the outside inspection door.  I had a similar problem, found insulation damaged on one of the wires that was rubbing on metal bracket to igniter.

Jim

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Perhaps this will help:  http://manuals.adventurerv.net/Atwood-Water-Heater-Service.pdf

Does your unit have a thermal cutoff device that looks like the photo between the circuit board and one of the thermostats?  If so, it could be blown (it is really a thermal fuse that opens if it gets too hot).

Best bet is to check for 12 volts on the two button (like) thermostats and then at the board itself.

Lenp

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10 hours ago, rfsod48 said:

Water heater was working normal and then yesterday it stopped. Will not work on electric or propane. It is an electronic ignition Atwood 10 gal. Help! Service can not get here until Monday.

I would start with the electric side. Do you have power to the outlet the electric heating unit connects to? If not find the circuit breaker for that outlet. Did you check the fuse? on the circuit board? Make shure you have 12V going into the control circuit board. Have you checked that ALL the switches are on. Try turning the switch in the front electrical information panel  off and back on and see if you can hear it spark.

Bill

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Found problem! Wife changed setting of bypass switch in rear closet when she put sweeper away. We now have hot water😀.  Thanks all for input. 

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Roland,  good show, DW's can be a laugh a minute.  Honestly, glad you found the problem.  Where are you at? Last I heard you was in -10 temps!

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