Atwood hot water heater lighting

[LarryW]

My Atwood 6 gal water heater is slow to light. Switch It on and it goes through the light process sometimes 3 times before it lights. Sometimes it
does not light by the third time, and times out for a while before I can try again. Any ideas why this is happening?

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Larry
78 Royale w/500 Caddy
Menomonie, WI.

 

[bill1]

A good cleaning of complete burner Assembly and office should help and make sure your lp is at correct settings... spiders love to build webs in these
small areas and can cause real problems... I'd recommend a good cleaning once a year..
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Bill and Mary Kay Boeyen
76 23' Birchaven 455
Tampa, Florida

 

[LarryW]

Thanks Bill, I'll look at that! Funny...now this morning, it lit right off first time. 8o
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Larry
78 Royale w/500 Caddy
Menomonie, WI.

 

[bill1]

Larry
That's great
Never hurts to clean anyway...
Check you voltage and grounds also... this could have been part of your problem
Glad to hear you've got hot water now..
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Bill and Mary Kay Boeyen
76 23' Birchaven 455
Tampa, Florida

 

[jim kanomata1]

Larry,
You might want to check the LPG pressure and also see if the thermal couple
might need to be replaced.
There is also a small screw to adjust the pilot frame. If the flame is not
large enough, the thermocouple does not sense the flame and shuts off the
gas.

> Larry
> That's great
> Never hurts to clean anyway...
> Check you voltage and grounds also... this could have been part of your
> problem
> Glad to hear you've got hot water now..
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> Bill and Mary Kay Boeyen
> 76 23' Birchaven 455
> Tampa, Florida
>
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[scott nutter1]

Larry,
If it ever goes completely out on you, get a tankless water heater. They are insane!! Sydney and I love ours!
But I do miss the days of both of us squeezing in the shower just to get some hot water...........
Scott.
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Scott Nutter
1978 Royale Center Kitchen, Patterson 455, switch pitch tranny, 3.21 final drive, Quad bags, tankless water heater, everything Lenzi.
Houston, Texas

 

[LarryW]

> Larry,
> If it ever goes completely out on you, get a tankless water heater. They are insane!! Sydney and I love ours!
> But I do miss the days of both of us squeezing in the shower just to get some hot water...........
> Scott.

Ahhhh....squeezing both into the shower...not possible...but non the less intriguing.
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Larry
78 Royale w/500 Caddy
Menomonie, WI.

 

[LarryW]

Thanks all. got a few things to check. Funny, worked just fine today...both times. Guess all I had to do was threaten it.
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Larry
78 Royale w/500 Caddy
Menomonie, WI.