Atwood Hydro Flame Thermostat Troubleshooting

I have a 2017 Lynx, took it out for the first time this last weekend to test all components and devices and glad to report everything worked well but have one question about the furnace thermostat. The furnace is a Atwood brand I believe a series AFM. The mechanical thermostat is very difficult to turn on. The on/off switch at the top is very hard to click on and off and also the temp slide on the bottom is difficult to determine at what setting it is being set at, you have to sort of slide it back and forth to get it to a comfortable temp. So my question is can the mechanical thermostat be replaced with a digital thermostat? Has anyone replaced one of these with a digital and if so was there a particular type or brand? GEDC1218.jpg

Atwood Hydro Flame Thermostat Manual

: Atwood-Mobile-Products Atwood-Mobile-Products-Hydro-Flame-8935-Users-Manual-500528 atwood-mobile-products-hydro-flame-8935-users-manual-500528 atwood-mobile-products pdf. Open the PDF directly: View PDF. Welcome to my latest RV trouble. In this RoamTownGirl series I will be repairing and fixing all the things that go wrong in my older RV, Scout.