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    Gas leak on control valve unit

    The Whirlpool tech told me that it would have been normal to smell a faint amount of gas on the older model heater controls (consistent with what you're saying), but that I should not be smelling any on the new Honeywell controls. I plan to take a close look at the new control when it shows up...
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    Gas leak on control valve unit

    Just got off the phone with Whirlpool support -- they are overnighting me a new gas control valve. Not looking forward to tearing into a new install, but it doesn't look like too much of a project to replace the valve, so hopefully that solves the problem.
  3. lumberjack

    Gas leak on control valve unit

    I put in a replacement gas water heater recently; the installation went well, and the heater works great. It's a Whirlpool N40S61-403 natural gas model with a Honeywell control unit. I obsessively leak checked all the gas line connections to the heater several times with no issues found...
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