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Country Coach Restoration, Repair & Parts Forums => Country Coach Archive => Topic started by: Kary993 on December 30, 2005, 10:11:08 pm

Title: water heater LP strangeness?
Post by: Kary993 on December 30, 2005, 10:11:08 pm
Yahoo Message Number: 20234 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/20234)
We are currently out dry camping on day 3. We have dry camped before so no issue there, but tonight when we needed more got water after our son took a shower the got water heater made a blaring sound. We had the water heater on LP. So I went outside and saw through the small window a very orange flame and a loud sucking sound. I opened the external water heater door and the air sucking sound was reduced significantly. The flame though I have never really looked at it when it was operating just seemed to bug and we have never heard it make that loud of a sucking sound from inside the coach or outside the coach. So any suggestions as to why the flame is so orange and the loud sucking sound is happening?

Thanks for the help.
Kary

05 Inspire 36'
51499
Title: Re: water heater LP strangeness?
Post by: Pcummings4 on December 31, 2005, 03:51:20 pm
Yahoo Message Number: 20241 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/20241)
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Kary,

Not sure but, my hot water heater make a semilar sound when it ignights the gas and then all I hear is the sound of burning gas.
The color of the flame should be mostly blue after it gets started.
Hope this helps. I always make sure there is water in the tank too.

Paul,

01' Intrigue, #11309

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We are currently out dry camping on day 3. We have dry camped
before so no issue there, but tonight when we needed more got water after our son took a shower the got water heater made a blaring sound. We had the water heater on LP. So I went outside and saw through the small window a very orange flame and a loud sucking sound. I opened the external water heater door and the air sucking sound was reduced significantly. The flame though I have never really looked at it when it was operating just seemed to bug and we have never heard it make that loud of a sucking sound from inside the coach or outside the coach. So any suggestions as to why the flame is so orange and the loud sucking sound is happening?
Title: Re: water heater LP strangeness?
Post by: Sue Conant on December 31, 2005, 06:38:20 pm
Yahoo Message Number: 20245 (http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Country-Coach-Owners/conversations/messages/20245)
Re: [Country-Coach-Owners] water heater LP strangeness?Hi Kary, On our previous brands of RV's we had a separate water heater and found out that spiders and bugs like those small holes to crawl into and create havoc. Make sure the burner tube is clean and no unwanted residents have moved in....just a thought to try to help.

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Sue

'05-42' Allure #31254
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