Jayco Redhawk 2017 - Water Heater

P L U M B ING S Y S T E M
W a t er H ea t er
B EYO ND TH E B ASI C S
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You r c oa c h is equ i pped wi th an e l e c t r on ic
i gn i t i on w ate r heate r and a 6 ga ll on hot
w ate r tan k . T he w ate r heate r will ope r ate
on e i the r LP ga s ( p r opane ) , 120 v o l t
e l e c t rici t y , o r both. T he swi t c he s fo r the
w ate r heate r a r e l o c ated on the c o mm and
c ente r pane l
Y ou r Ga s Bu r ne r
• You r w ate r heate r’s ga s bu r ne r doe s not ha v e a p il ot li ght. In i t s
p l a c e is an e l e c t r on ic i gn i t i on sys te m c a ll ed Dir e c t Spa rk Ign i t i on
(D SI ) . A s the na m e s ugge s t s , a s pa rk is gene r ated that, i n tu r n,
i gn i te s the ga s i n the bu r ne r . T he heat gene r ated b y the bu r n i ng
ga s heat s the w ate r i n the hot w ate r tan k .
• T he r e a r e t im e s w hen a ir get s i n the tube that t r an s po r t s the ga s
f r o m the p r opane tan k to the bu r ne r .
• W hen th is happen s , the a ir ha s to be r ep l a c ed wi th ga s s o
that the i gn i t i on sys te m and bu r ne r will ope r ate p r ope rly .
• T he p r o c e ss of r e m o vi ng the a ir is c a ll ed pu r g i ng and is
a cc o m p lis hed th r ough m u l t i p l e atte m pt s to i gn i te the bu r ne r –
th is is no rm a l , pa r t ic u l a rly w hen u si ng the w ate r heate r fo r the
f irs t t im e.
• W h il e s afet y sys te ms a r e i n p l a c e , i t is im p era t ive th a t th e
s upp ly of g as to th e c o ac h b e s topp e d i f y ou smell g as i n o r
ar ound th e c o ac h . To do s o , cl o se th e s upp ly valve a t th e
t a n k.
CAUT IO N
T o a v o i d da m age to y ou r hot w ate r tan k ,
en s u r e that the tan k is fu ll of w ate r
B E F O R E u si ng the hot w ate r heate r .
T he tan k is fu ll w hen w ate r f l o ws f r o m a
hot w ate r fau c et.