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Well I talked with Sam at AO Smith and he said that it was probably what they use to roll on repair for the lining. As far as the noise it started again and stopped as strangely as it started. I’m going to get some new condensate tubing and hope that works.

Yes there’s screens in place, the vent has been there for years.

Thanks, I will give them a call.

I’ve had power vents for years. First one was a sub chamber using tin vent out the side wall and a hanging fan unit. AO Smith replaced that one with a real power vent model. This is my second Vertex, first one lasted 14 years and only failed because I talked of getting one so I wouldn’t be...

It’s blue plastic. I assume it’s something that was put in the heater during manufacturing. I replaced a smaller vertex with the 100K vertex. My concern is it’s something in the heater breaking down. This was found in the tee at the base of the heater, so it was inside the heater!

I put in a replacement Vertex heater after 14 years life with the old one. After about 6 months I noticed a bubbling noise outside. It almost sounded like it was popping and for a better word farting. Well as a retired plumber I put it off and told my wife I’d look at it. Well it finally started...