This little item will save you a service call if your gas water heater quits. If you have a newer gas water heater, this device senses flammable vapors and will shut of the electrical circuit of the heater. Unfortunately, they tend to spontaneously fail and whether there is vapor or not, your water heater will not turn on.

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If you count the pulses of the LED, when troubleshooting, and look at the service plate, it will tell you if the detector has sensed flammable vapor (or died). You cannot easily bypass this sensor. Merely connecting the wires together will have no effect. It is easy to take the old one off and install the new one. For less than $25 you saved yourself a possible $100 service call and an astronomical charge for this part. If your gas water heater suddenly stops working, it is very likely that this sensor. I have a Rheem power vent water heater (model: gg50t6pf00).

Card College Pdf Italic Font. Call A Pizza Speisekarte Pdf Writer on this page. It was failing to ignite (three tries then it locks out) with increasing frequency. After a few months of hoping my water heater would heal thy self, I trouble shot until I narrowed it to this part (named in the troubleshooting section of the manual as, 'spark ignitor assembly'). Changing it was relatively easy, removing the protective cover for the electrical connections was the most baffling because mine had melted a bit but eventually came off.

Three connections to undo and redo: pull orange wire straight out, unscrew tiny screw that braces the assembly (having small hands is a plus), unscrew compression fitting for gas then connect new thingy in reverse order. Water heater ignited immediately on the first try! I have pictures if you need more guidance or if you find yourself in a. I waited to write my review until I received the updated gas bill. Things on that side seem good. We're saving money.

We can take as many showers in a row as needed. As another reviewer said you can hear the fan running. This can be a positive or negative I guess. On the positive you are aware that you are using gas with the sound. On the negative the sound is kind of a drone that could get annoying.

Overall I like the unit and it freed up some space compared to the 50 gallon tank we had. I did not install our unit so I can't say that it is or is not easy to install however the crew (2 guys) that installed mine took at least 4 hours. Overall I would recommend this unit. Very nice unit - HOWEVER - this isn't a quick replacement job for when your old tank heater goes out but rather a nice upgrade to do when you can schedule it a few weeks out. You will need time to measure the location and order all the parts necessary for the install. I got the unit first, then based on the vent lengths available designed the install location.