Rv Propane Heater Won T Stay Lit

The fan starts then ten seconds later the burner starts runs for about ten seconds or less then stops.

Rv propane heater won t stay lit.

It shuts down and won t maintain any heat. Hot water heater just noticed it. Then the water heater won t fire up. Rver asks for help.

My rv furnace won t stay on. The heater stayed on this time. Luckily if your rv propane is not flowing it s easy to troubleshoot and resolve. This is a question from a reader to chris dougherty certified rv technician when he was our technical editor.

Hot water heater propane lights then goes out and clicks repeatedly won t stay lit. But now the rv propane is not flowing. Rv furnace will not stay lit it works intermittently while not the most serious of problems it s absolutely one of the most annoying ones. Cold and helpless in anthem ariz says the pilot light on his atwood 6 gallon water heater stays on only when the button is depressed on the control valv.

You are sure you filled the propane tank before you left for your rv camping trip. The rv furnace will fire up but for some reason won t stay turned on. The problem may be a genuine defect or it could be an issue with the sensor. And then you realize your fridge is running on electricity rather than propane.

When a propane heater won t stay lit often what is happening is that the propane heater may sense that the flame is defective in some way triggering the propane heater s safety functions and causing it to shut off. I replaced the thermocouple but after 30 45 seconds it goes out.