R-Pod 190 Water Heater

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   I have a 2020 R-Pod 190 and when I turn on the water heater switch, the fault light comes on for 20 seconds, then goes out (as normal), but then it comes back on and stays on, until I switch it off. But the water is very hot, even though the water heater switch is off. Any ideas on what the problem is?

Thanks,

Steve

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Steve Canyon Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 17 Jul 2020 Location: FLORIDA Online Status: Offline Posts: 8	Topic: R-Pod 190 Water Heater Posted: 16 Aug 2020 at 4:01pm
	I have a 2020 R-Pod 190 and when I turn on the water heater switch, the fault light comes on for 20 seconds, then goes out (as normal), but then it comes back on and stays on, until I switch it off. But the water is very hot, even though the water heater switch is off. Any ideas on what the problem is? Thanks, Steve
	Steve

mcarter Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 07 Apr 2016 Location: Greenbrier, TN Online Status: Offline Posts: 3419	Posted: 16 Aug 2020 at 4:19pm
	Steve, are you trying to run it in electric and propane mode? Or just electric or propane?
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Steve Canyon Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 17 Jul 2020 Location: FLORIDA Online Status: Offline Posts: 8	Posted: 16 Aug 2020 at 4:52pm
	Thanks for the reply, It's only electric. I don't think the 190 uses propane for the hot water heater.
	Steve

mcarter Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 07 Apr 2016 Location: Greenbrier, TN Online Status: Offline Posts: 3419	Posted: 16 Aug 2020 at 5:24pm
	Steve, I could be wrong. I don't think water operation has changed. For electric - you have a circuit breaker and a switch inside the water heater compartment, that will make your water hot, on electric, provided you have it connected to shore power. The switch on the wall in the Pod is for gas use. So it's normal to light - go off - then light again if it's trying to enable propane use but doesn't for some reason, like no propane. You have hot water so something is working. I would verify that.
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Woodmiester Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 03 Aug 2018 Location: Greenwood IN Online Status: Offline Posts: 142	Posted: 16 Aug 2020 at 7:48pm
	Your 190 DOES use both gas and electric to heat water. (However just one at a time😂😂)
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StephenH Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6288	Posted: 16 Aug 2020 at 8:42pm
	Also, be absolutely sure your water heater is full of water before tuning on the electric element or you will be replacing it. Open the outside hatch and use the pressure relief valve to check and make sure water comes out of the water heater before turning the switch on. If you purchased your RPod and it was winterized, you will need to switch the water heater bypass valves so that water can flow into the tank.
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Steve Canyon Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 17 Jul 2020 Location: FLORIDA Online Status: Offline Posts: 8	Posted: 17 Aug 2020 at 6:40am
	Thanks for the reply! And for giving me the correct info. Steve
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offgrid Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 23 Jul 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5290	Posted: 17 Aug 2020 at 7:11am
	You can run both propane and electric water heating at the same time, they are totally independent, and it won't hurt anything. The question is, why would you? If you have electric available why waste propane? To verify proper operation of the water heater, you should test each heating system independently. First, shut off the electric using either the on/off switch outside on the water heater or the dedicated circuit breaker in the electric panel. Then turn on the propane system, run some hot water out of the tank and check that it fires up, heats the water, then shuts off. Then, shut off the propane, turn on the electric, and repeat the test using that system. When you're done shut both systems off unless you are actually wanting to use hot water and know that the water heater is full.
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Steve Canyon Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 17 Jul 2020 Location: FLORIDA Online Status: Offline Posts: 8	Posted: 17 Aug 2020 at 3:31pm
	Thanks for the great reply. I received many good ideas, but your was the best. A few years I had a class C, so I'm pretty ok on the systems, but this 190 is a bit different, so I didn't know it operated on both propane and electric. I did see a video on the water system, but must have miss the part on the electric-propane. Thanks! Steve
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CharlieM Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 23 Nov 2012 Location: N. Colorado Online Status: Offline Posts: 1797	Posted: 17 Aug 2020 at 7:03pm
	Steve Canyon: Can you get a model number of the WH. Most campers, including the earlier Pods, use the Suburban SW6DE. This uses propane and/or electric as Offgrid describes. However, later Pods may have changed to Atwood or some other WH. If it's working correctly the gas red light should not come on again until it needs to heat water. It should not stay on if the WH is working properly. Also, if you're running in dual mode with gas and electric the gas side (red light) should not come on until you use a lot of HW. Let us know.
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