Propane Water Heater Repair

[jwengermt]

Recently our propane hot water heater quit working. I searched everywhere for repair suggestions etc., but nowhere could i find a solution that fit my situation. You tube repairs did not address the propane valve itself. In this situation the igniter worked fine, but no gas was getting to the burner tube.
In my analysis i determined that it was the valve. I checked on line and could buy the valve, burner tube and the igniter for around $120.00. I called the local RV Repair and Parts store (Apache Junction RV Service and Repair).
I explained my problem and the gentleman said you don't need a new valve you just need to replace one or both of the solenoids on the valve. He said bring the valve in and we will tell you whats wrong. They tested the valve and found one of the solenoids bad. I replaced both for a total of $25.00 and the burner tube for another $12.00 even though i probably didn't need one. Low and behold the water heater now works fine. By the way a local repair company wanted $300.00 plus parts to fix it. Posting this solution as i couldn't find this information anywhere. Hope it helps someone. Strongly recommend the Apache Junction RV Service and Repair. My water heater is a Suburban SW10DDE.

[Carl n Susan]

The failure of the coil solenoid (usually the closest to the burner) on the gas valve has been a problem for a long time. Changing the coil is much cheaper that replacing the gas valve. The problem is finding a replacement solenoid. I wonder where Apache RV is getting theirs? $25 for two is a reasonable price.

There has been much discussion about this problem in the past. I am surprised you didn't find any of the Threads.
https://www.montanaowners.com/forums...d.php?p=519995
https://www.montanaowners.com/forums...ad.php?t=45772
https://www.montanaowners.com/forums....php?p=1228551
https://www.montanaowners.com/forums...ater%20,heater
https://www.montanaowners.com/forums...ad.php?t=41019

[jwengermt]

Have no idea where they got them. Just happy they had them. Amazed i couldn't find any suggestion of this problem on the web.

[Ahdmeyer]

i found this on u tube i learned something today about the water heater.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCp_HXPaC8U

also found this not sure if they are the correct ones but here it is

https://www.amazon.com/Suburban-5210...31079858&psc=1

al meyer
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[RMcNeal]

That guy has some very helpful videos on RV repair. Especially on the Schwintek slides. One of my living room slides was having an intermittent problem with one side not working. Turned out that the wire was being pinched. He has a video with that exact problem and how to fix it.

[jwengermt]

Thanks for the info and the You Tube sight.