06-29-2020, 04:12 PM
So many DIY repair videos on youtube for gas water heater ailments. Yet not a single one looks anything like our setup. I mean, they say, try resetting the thermo switch. What thermo switch?
So I stayed up late last night looking at photos, lots of photos, and suddenly, Hey, that's like ours! It was posted by some guy in Indiana making fun of this ridiculous ultra-low NOx system. "Must be a California thing," he chuckled.
That gave me enough to go on, and yes, it's a problematic system, apparently abandoned, or much upgraded since. There was a recall on them in 2008 because of a fire hazard. We bought our unit from Lowes in 2012. That's not a typo. There's lots of complaints about the continued selling of these units well after the recall. And calls to repair shops would just say, "The parts aren't available." So I had LCF call the number on the unit (she's better on the phone than me), and after giving them all the info, we have an upgraded manifold door unit headed our way. Oh, and they're throwing in a new Honeywell natural gas valve control as well. Also, phone numbers of local repairmen and a labor authorization code.
So, still no hot water. But by Wednesday the part should come, and hopefully a repairman will call us back and take the money.
So I stayed up late last night looking at photos, lots of photos, and suddenly, Hey, that's like ours! It was posted by some guy in Indiana making fun of this ridiculous ultra-low NOx system. "Must be a California thing," he chuckled.
That gave me enough to go on, and yes, it's a problematic system, apparently abandoned, or much upgraded since. There was a recall on them in 2008 because of a fire hazard. We bought our unit from Lowes in 2012. That's not a typo. There's lots of complaints about the continued selling of these units well after the recall. And calls to repair shops would just say, "The parts aren't available." So I had LCF call the number on the unit (she's better on the phone than me), and after giving them all the info, we have an upgraded manifold door unit headed our way. Oh, and they're throwing in a new Honeywell natural gas valve control as well. Also, phone numbers of local repairmen and a labor authorization code.
So, still no hot water. But by Wednesday the part should come, and hopefully a repairman will call us back and take the money.
I'm nobody's pony.