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Water heater not igniting
I'm leaving in about a week so I went through the RV and the water heater clicks and tries a few different times but it will not ignite.

I have propane going to the heater and I have propane going to the burners.

I blew out the L tube with compressed air and that didn't make any difference.

Where would you go from here?

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I took the igniter out and cleaned the electrodes and moved them just a little closer together and it fired right up!
2021 Mid Bath
Re: Water heater not igniting
Reply #1 –
You need to troubleshoot a bit.   Maybe start with the video here?

Water Heater Won’t Ignite

Can you see a spark and suspect it's not getting propane?   If so, your choices are a clog in the propane tube, an issue with the circuit board sending a signal to the propane valve to open, or the propane valve assembly itself.

Rich
2003 MB
Re: Water heater not igniting
Reply #2 –
Quote from: rich  - 
You need to troubleshoot a bit.   Maybe start with the video here?

Water Heater Won’t Ignite

Can you see a spark and suspect it's not getting propane?   If so, your choices are a clog in the propane tube, an issue with the circuit board sending a signal to the propane valve to open, or the propane valve assembly itself.

Rich

I got it!

I cleaned off the electrodes on the igniter and moved them closer together just a pinch.
And boom ...it started.
2021 Mid Bath
Re: Water heater not igniting
Reply #3 –
Good move the igniter does double duty. It sparks and also proves flame. They get dirty and totally upset the apple cart. Always clean first.

Jon
1994 MB