Recent content by gator968

🎉🎊🙏💕 Aaaannnddd.. she lights up and appears to be heating….. at least it sounds like it.. I think I uncovered at least a couple of things I need to track down prior to feeling 100% comfortable with the safety of the system, mainly confirming if there is a heat exchanger leak. So I think I...

Back out at it today.. got cover off and this looks non optimal :-). I need to figure out how to get this thing counter rotated safely and I will test if the fuse no longer blows!!

I can bring out a bench power supply instead of fiddling with a transformer :-). Is it just a relay inside, power = open, no power = closed? Are there any safety issues that could be present that would push me to just buy a new gas valve, or if I ensure closure and opening I am good?? Also...

Well looking at the pics of the gas valve in proper orientation, I can’t see how the contacts on top of the valve are not shorted to ground. Is there any way to test the gas valve’s operation ( if it doesn’t blow fuse when harness is disconnected ) to determine if there is a problem with the...

Thanks!! Heater was day 283 of 2014 so this should be the correct manual. Not sure if I will get the control board off today before I have to call it quits for the day BUT I did see a potentially huge issue. The gas inlet has been rotated upon inserting/removing the iron pipe. When I pick...

Uggh.. poor little guys :-(. No visible burns on top of board, but I wouldn’t put it past something getting on the back side and shorting it out. Ill remove the panel and check for shorts and reseat all connections, throw in another fuse and see if failure condition is the same

Thanks! I’ll take a look through the manual/troubleshooting guide for that. Still trying to figure out ladder diagrams, but I should be able to dig in. I believe that since I have the ASME bronze manifold, I did not get a good fit on the thread with the pvc and it leaked a bit whenever my...

Thanks for the replies!! No signs of rodents from what I can tell. There are alot of areas which appear to have had moisture, mainly near the manifold ( one bolt rusted off ). But all wires seem intact. Is there by any chance any sensor that if bad/shorted is more likely to cause a blown...

Here is a picture of before ( coming from the header on the intellicenter ) and after jumping. Both have the same end result.