Milanomike
Member
Looking for some thoughts here, short story is:
- bought house in 1996 and brandy new AO Smith 40 gal gas heater was installed, worked till 2011. Good!
- bought new AO Smith 40 gal gas heater, installed, filled it, fired it up and it work till 3/2014 (leaked).
- I don't buy this stuff at HD, etc, but deal with a plumbing supply outfit, called them up and said it was leaking, they said bring receipt and we'll give you a new one. Good! Installed with new dielectric couplers, fill and fire it up.
- every now and then I drain a few buckets of water out of my heater and noticed the water was never clear with this unit, but today it was a rusty red, definitely not good, right?
- house has a large whole house sediment and carbon filter set up prior to water softener, all pipe is copper, only possible issue I can think of other than the AO Smith, might be the expansion tank, but I'm thinking the AO Smith is calling it a day.
So, I'm still under warranty, but it's not leaking yet. Thoughts on what the issue might be?
Thanks for any help.
Mike
- bought house in 1996 and brandy new AO Smith 40 gal gas heater was installed, worked till 2011. Good!
- bought new AO Smith 40 gal gas heater, installed, filled it, fired it up and it work till 3/2014 (leaked).
- I don't buy this stuff at HD, etc, but deal with a plumbing supply outfit, called them up and said it was leaking, they said bring receipt and we'll give you a new one. Good! Installed with new dielectric couplers, fill and fire it up.
- every now and then I drain a few buckets of water out of my heater and noticed the water was never clear with this unit, but today it was a rusty red, definitely not good, right?
- house has a large whole house sediment and carbon filter set up prior to water softener, all pipe is copper, only possible issue I can think of other than the AO Smith, might be the expansion tank, but I'm thinking the AO Smith is calling it a day.
So, I'm still under warranty, but it's not leaking yet. Thoughts on what the issue might be?
Thanks for any help.
Mike