Water Heater

[Ralph L. Fullenwider]

Jim:

Your water heater is in the drivers side rear corner under the closet.
There should be a hatch on the flooring of that closet for minimum viewing.
There is a circuit breaker in the main electrical panel for the water
heater and there should be a red switch located either in the right rear
closet or the curb side rear closet that supplies the 110vac through a
relay to the heating element on the water heater.. The relay is a 12 vdc
coil and the ground is attached to a sensor in line on the output side of
the shore water or fresh water tank, in an elbow (brass). This wire does
corrode from time to time and detaches. This is the safety preventing 110
vac power to the heating element if no water is sensed in the piping. That
relay is usually housed in a 4x4 electrical box with a raised bezel for
clearance.

So be sure the c/b is on in the electrical panel, then the red switch is in
the on position. Then if no heating, you will need to put the leads of an
VOM meter on the connections to the heating element to see if you have
110vac there. If not then you need to check the safety relay. If 110vac is
present at the heating element then, of course, the element is bad and
needs to be replaced.

Safe travels,

Ralph and Charolette Fullenwider
Ralph's RV Solutions, Duncan, Oklahoma
http://home.swbell.net/rlf47/index.htm

At 04:46 PM 8/22/2005 +0000, you wrote:
>Trying to find my waterheater....1988 40' wbwl..when plugged in to
>electric my waterheater is not working help
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>Jim
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