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Originally Posted by nosticks
Since you are new to all of this, forgive me if I over simplify the water heater issue. Everyone responding to you about the water heater refers to dewinterizing and bypass valves etc. assuming you are familiar with the terms.
It sounds like your dealer did not go over the use of your water heater other than here is where you turn it on. I will make the assumption that you received a generic Thor manual with your motorhome. Go to the section about winterizing your water heater. There you will find a very simple diagram of how the valves should be set for normal operation of your water heater. These valves are located on the back of your water heater. To access them, you will need to remove a panel from the inside of your coach. That panel will be located directly behind your water heater. Set the valves in the position for normal operation.
Now, if you have at any time turned on your water heater using electric, and no water was in the water heater, you burned up the heating element and the element will need to be replaced. My guess is that you did. So, try it on gas and see if you then have hot water. You can continue to use it on gas until you get a replacement element. Depending on how mechanically and electrically inclined, you can replace it yourself.
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This previous reply makes an important point...When you purchase a motorhome it is not like purchasing a house or a car. We are used to getting in the car and turning the key and off we go, without a thought to how any of it works...because we don't need to understand it to use it. Much the same in your house. You turn on the faucet and hot or cold water comes out. You turn on the heat or AC, without regard to how it is powered. Now you have a motorhome...you turn on the AC and nothing happens, without understanding the power source needed. You turn on the hot water and nothing happens, without understanding the in use switch or the winterize bypass. You try to make ice without turning on the water bypass. All of this is not to be critical...we all have to start somewhere. But you don't know what you don't know, making it difficult to ask the right questions...READ THE MANUALS!
We are not used to that but when it comes to an RV it is mandatory!
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