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Country Coach Restoration, Repair & Parts Forums => Country Coach Archive => Topic started by: Tom Harsch on May 21, 2005, 09:25:59 pm

Title: Atwood water heater - electric heating element replacement
Post by: Tom Harsch on May 21, 2005, 09:25:59 pm
Yahoo Message Number: 16590 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/16590)
Has anyone ever tried to replace a rear-mounted Atwood water heater electric heating element?

Mine apparently burned out a couple days ago when I drained and flushed the HW tank without switching off the power. I did try the overtemp reset switch - no luck!

CC tech support says there may be enough space behind the tank to replace the element without pulling the entire tank out. Can anyone confirm this? I'd hate to get half way through the job and find out the tank has to come out.

The only tank connections I can see are the (flexible) heat exchanger hoses and power line. Are the oher tank connections (gas line, hot & cold water lines) flexible or rigid?

Is it a job that the CC techs would do at the Fargo pre-rally? --

Tom Harsch

2002 Allure #30791
Title: Re: Atwood water heater - electric heating element replacement
Post by: Richard Stearns on May 22, 2005, 11:28:56 am
Yahoo Message Number: 16591 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/16591)
It's not a simple procedure if your 2002 Allure's configuration hasn't changed in two years.
I tried to do the job without removing the unit and only messed up the 110V terminals which weren't very well protected IMO. I finally removed the unit (far enough w/o disconnecting the gas lines as I recall) and was able to fix everything without having to resort to painful contortions.

Be sure to do a soap test on the gas lines and seal up the unit with plenty of silicon after it's replaced and you should be back in business..about a two-three hr job.
Dick

2000 Allure #30519

Quote from: Tom & Maxine Harsch
Title: Re: Atwood water heater - electric heating element replacement
Post by: Tom Harsch on May 24, 2005, 11:47:39 pm
Yahoo Message Number: 16628 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/16628)
An RV mobile service guy was working on my neighbor's coach today. He was able to replace the electric water heating element without disturbing the tank. It took him less than an hour and he only charged $40 (I already had the $22 part).
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Tom Harsch

2002 Allure #30791

Quote from: Richard Stearns
> It's not a simple procedure if your 2002 Allure's configuration
hasn't changed in two years.

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I tried to do the job without removing the unit and only messed up
the 110V terminals

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which weren't very well protected IMO. I finally removed the unit
(far enough w/o

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disconnecting the gas lines as I recall) and was able to fix
everything without having to

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resort to painful contortions.
> Be sure to do a soap test on the gas lines and seal up the unit with
plenty of silicon after

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it's replaced and you should be back in business..about a two-three

hr job.

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Dick

2000 Allure #30519

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> Has anyone ever tried to replace a rear-mounted Atwood water

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electric heating element? > >

> Mine apparently burned out a couple days ago when I drained and > > flushed the HW tank without switching off the power. I did try

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overtemp reset switch - no luck! > >

> CC tech support says there may be enough space behind the tank to > > replace the element without pulling the entire tank out. Can

anyone

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confirm this? I'd hate to get half way through the job and find

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the tank has to come out.
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> The only tank connections I can see are the (flexible) heat

exchanger

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hoses and power line. Are the oher tank connections (gas line,

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