Atwood Water Heater Recall by FR

[RKNOLA]

Thank you tkdavis for posting that link. I never could get the safecar.gov to finish loading. We have the Atwood too. I printed the info so Rick can look and see if ours falls into the recall category.

Karen

[RKNOLA]

Originally Posted by Campin Cajun

Been using mine for almost 3 years, no problems to report.

I am not a plumber, but I did stay at a......no wait a minute....I stayed in my BERKSHIRE!!!

good one Kevin! almost as good as "I am not a plumber, but I play one on TV"

[SEAYALL]

Why didn't you go for the hen 3. Baddmann

[SEAYALL]

Really! Gen 3
Sorry

[baddmann]

Originally Posted by Harleydriven

Why didn't you go for the hen 3. Baddmann

It was a warranty issue and they decided to replace it with the Atwood.

[15berkxl]

FR told me a few months ago they will not put a Girard anything back in a MH of course that was before the recall but I'm betting they replaced or repaired more gen 1 and 2's than the this recall quantity covered.


Wayne

[SEAYALL]

Originally Posted by baddmann

It was a warranty issue and they decided to replace it with the Atwood.

Oh, thanks
Got a 2015 Charleston Gen 2
What was the issue if I may ask, our Fausts do ok, shower not so good ,hot/ cold an fed up lol
Thanks

[Paulie Boy]

Originally Posted by Harleydriven

Oh, thanks

Got a 2015 Charleston Gen 2

What was the issue if I may ask, our Fausts do ok, shower not so good ,hot/ cold an fed up lol

Thanks

I have a gen II in my Berk. Adjusting the WH is easy and needs to be changed at about every 10°-15° change in ambient temperature. The adjusting knob in the Berk is located in our medicine cabinets. Turn the shower on full hot and let it run until hot water comes out of the shower head. Adjust the knob to the temperature that you want. What you are doing is adjusting the flame height in the heater itself.

Good luck.


Paul
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[SEAYALL]

Thanks Paul
Charleston same way , an that's what we do, but it is diffidently a fine tune, can you imagine dry camping, takes soo much water
Mac

[JTN8]

Originally Posted by Harleydriven

Thanks Paul

Charleston same way , an that's what we do, but it is diffidently a fine tune, can you imagine dry camping, takes soo much water

Mac

We dry camp quite a bit at NASCAR races and the trick is to run the bathroom sink until water is hot, then turn the shower on. It gets hot quicker using the sink than the shower so that is why I do this. I'm sure I'm probably using the same amount of water but I feel better because I'm not sitting there for 30 seconds watching cold water run out of the shower head being wasted....

Jason

[SEAYALL]

Thanks Jason
We pretty much do same, I even went as far as removing the water restrictor from shower head, now factory telling me to remove heater by pass an it will work like a charm, there words. Install says not to use a bypass, I use a 55psi adapter on water line .
Thanks
Mac

[NewBerkFamily]

Originally Posted by nathantoensing

I was told when at the factory they switched in '16.


--Nathan
2016 38a

We have a 2016 - it has an Atwood in it (which we are happy with). Pretty sure this applies to us but have not yet gotten anything from FR.

Thanks for the details BamaBob - I just sent that link to my dealer. Our Berk is there getting it's pre-inspection items taken care of now so it's good timing.

[JTN8]

Originally Posted by Harleydriven

Thanks Jason

We pretty much do same, I even went as far as removing the water restrictor from shower head, now factory telling me to remove heater by pass an it will work like a charm, there words. Install says not to use a bypass, I use a 55psi adapter on water line .

Thanks

Mac

Where is the heater bypass?

Jason

[tmmar]

As far as I know, there is no by pass on tankless water heaters. Only water heaters with tanks have a bypass.

[JTN8]

Originally Posted by tmmar

As far as I know, there is no by pass on tankless water heaters. Only water heaters with tanks have a bypass.

That's what I thought too, I know there is the valve on the backside that I turn to drain all the water when winterizing, but I've never seen a bypass. I'm definitely going to take the flow restrictor from the shower head. I've been very happy with the heater, and have never had any issues but more flow is always nice.

Jason