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Old 12-29-2019, 01:56 AM   #1
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Atwood 8940 Furnace - Won’t Start!

We just nearly froze for a week over Christmas. The Atwood 8940-III DCLP furnace simply would not even start. Checked the fuse, the reset switch, did the init thermostat, flipped the tanks, still nothing. It does 3 tries of clicking, then it quits with one red led flash error code. Is that the blower motor? The blower never comes on, and that happens first, as I understand it. It worked the first day for about an hour, then nothing. Any ideas what else l could check?
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Old 12-29-2019, 10:45 AM   #2
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One flash error code is a limit switch/airflow issue. Which would make sense because the blower isn't coming on. Double-check your fuses and connections to the blower and make sure it is getting a full 12 volts. IIRC there is a relay in the circuit too that could cause issues.

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I just fixed our heater by cleaning out the "mud dobbers" AKA "dirt dobbers". They had built nests in the exhaust. The love propane apparently.


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One flash error code is a limit switch/airflow issue. Which would make sense because the blower isn't coming on. Double-check your fuses and connections to the blower and make sure it is getting a full 12 volts. IIRC there is a relay in the circuit too that could cause issues.



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So I opened it up, jiggled all the wires, reset everything, tried again. I got the blower to come on, but never felt heat, and it quit after about 30 seconds, with the one flash error code.
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Take a look at my initial post at the following link, and see if the symptoms are similar:

http://www.dutchmenowners.org/forums...ssue-5084.html

I had an issue with mine a few years ago. Because of some medical issues and the location I was in at the time, I never did get it figured out that winter. But a few months later, after I had moved to a place where they had a mobile tech... he diagnosed it right away. The solution was a simple replacement of the sail-switch.

He installed a new one, and it fired right up. A $15 part. Go figure...

Not saying yours will be as simple, but just throwing it out there
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So I opened it up, jiggled all the wires, reset everything, tried again. I got the blower to come on, but never felt heat, and it quit after about 30 seconds, with the one flash error code.
Need to test the sail switch.

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Need to test the sail switch.



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THAT WAS IT! The sail switch is on the inside of the outer blower cover on the atwood 8940-III DCLP. It’s pushbutton switch spring was shot and it was just flapping. Ordered new part 36680 on Amazon.
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Fixed! Atwood Furnace Sail Switch

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THAT WAS IT! The sail switch is on the inside of the outer blower cover on the atwood 8940-III DCLP. It’s pushbutton switch spring was shot and it was just flapping. Ordered new part 36680 on Amazon.
Update: Received new sail switch, replaced, problem SOLVED.
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Yep! That nailed it. 😎
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