Hello,
Here is my situation my water heater is an American Water Heater Company, the energy guide label says it is model PVG[1,6,9,12]250T60N(IMG 1,2). So I searched their site and can't find that model. I was guessing the numbers in the brackets were a "could be this or this" situation, so I searched for PVG6250T60N but still the closest I can find is a PVG6250T62NV.
The problem I am having with this unit is that my wife and I moved into this house about 6 months ago and have had no problems with the unit, I was in our basement yesterday checking on something else and noticed the exhaust pipe from the hot water tank was disconnected right before it went through the wall. I reconnected the pipe so the exhaust was not venting into the house but a few hours later we heard a weird clicking noise. I went downstairs and realizes it was the hot water heater. The sound was coming from the control panel of the heater(IMG 3). It sounded like a rely quickly clicking or a valve quickly opening and closing.
The air intake is not vented to the outside it is a snorkel, I think that's what its called (PIC 4) the noise continued until I covered the underside of the snorkel. My theory is that the blower was sucking air in from the outside through the bottom of the snorkel only but it should be sucking air through the top/through the burner and so a pressure valve was flapping. Does this sound right to people or do I have a bigger problem on my hands?
Here is my situation my water heater is an American Water Heater Company, the energy guide label says it is model PVG[1,6,9,12]250T60N(IMG 1,2). So I searched their site and can't find that model. I was guessing the numbers in the brackets were a "could be this or this" situation, so I searched for PVG6250T60N but still the closest I can find is a PVG6250T62NV.
The problem I am having with this unit is that my wife and I moved into this house about 6 months ago and have had no problems with the unit, I was in our basement yesterday checking on something else and noticed the exhaust pipe from the hot water tank was disconnected right before it went through the wall. I reconnected the pipe so the exhaust was not venting into the house but a few hours later we heard a weird clicking noise. I went downstairs and realizes it was the hot water heater. The sound was coming from the control panel of the heater(IMG 3). It sounded like a rely quickly clicking or a valve quickly opening and closing.
The air intake is not vented to the outside it is a snorkel, I think that's what its called (PIC 4) the noise continued until I covered the underside of the snorkel. My theory is that the blower was sucking air in from the outside through the bottom of the snorkel only but it should be sucking air through the top/through the burner and so a pressure valve was flapping. Does this sound right to people or do I have a bigger problem on my hands?