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| Carbon monoxide poisioning All gas appliances must vent out of house to avoid CO poisoning. Remove affected people from house, lay people on side and never on back, call for emergency assistance. Bad water heater draft, or venting, can cause backdraft where toxic byproducts travel down vent pipe, entering home ... this causes poison CO (carbon monoxide) gas to enter house (instead of poisoning the air outside) ... symptoms of vent problem can be soot on top of old heater, soot on burner of old heater, frequent pilot outage, lazy yellow flame, headaches that go away when leaving house, and death of occupants. Immediately contact plumber to solve the backdraft problem. Power direct vent water heater might be required if proper venting is not possible. How to test water heater draft Test flow of air going up the water heater vent  Let main burner operate for 5 minutes.Then put match near vent hood. Smoke from match should get sucked into vent See if smoke drafts immediately upward. The smoke should not linger. It should draw upwards quickly. If vent does not have draft or if furnace vent is blowing out of water heater vent when furnace turns on, then vent pipes must be repaired. Test again with other vents in use: Turn on all vent fans, and blowers going to outside, including gas furnace, whole house vent fans, bath fan, range hood fan, etc, and recheck the vent pipe draft. Bad water heater draft can cause backdraft where toxic byproducts travel down vent pipe, entering home ... this causes poison CO gas to enter house (instead of poisoning the air outside) ... symptoms of vent problem can be soot on top of old heater, soot on burner of old heater, frequent pilot outage, lazy yellow flame, headaches that go away when leaving house, and death of occupants. Immediately contact plumber to solve the backdraft problem. Power direct vent water heater might be required if proper venting is not possible. All gas appliances must vent out of house to avoid CO poisoning. Remove affected people from house, lay people on side and never on back, call for emergency assistance. Resources Read checking the draft Water heater vent test/ pdf Checking the draft |
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heaterIf local codes require carbon monoxide detectors, the gas water heater installer must make sure that a hard wired carbon monoxide detector with an alarm and battery back-up is installed on the floor level where the gas equipment is to be installed ... and additionally... that a battery operated or hard wired carbon monoxide detector with an alarm is installed on each additional level of the dwelling, building or structure. It shall be the responsibility of the property owner to secure the services of qualified licensed professionals for the installation of hard wired carbon monoxide detectors. If equipment is installed in a crawl space or attic, then the hard wired carbon monoxide detector with alarm and battery can be installed on the next adjacent floor level. Each carbon monoxide detector should comply with NFPA 720 and be ANSI/ UL 2034 listed and be CSA certified. Buy Hardwired carbon monoxide detector Battery-operated carbon monoxide detector |
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operation of gas water heater. General troubleshoot 1) Basic parts and operation 2) Adequate incoming air supply ... issues: closed doors, tightly insulated house, very hot attic. 3) Adequate air supply getting to burner... issues: dirty vent screen, dirty environment, maintenance. 4) Thermal cutoff ... TCO ... issues: failed part, maintenance, vent. 5) Flammable vapor lockout .... issues: exposure to vapors, bad FV sensor, failed FV system, 6) Fuel supply to gas valve thermostat ... natural gas and propane are different ... issues: wrong gas, low pressure, moisture in pipe, undersized gas meter, supply line too small for BTU rating. 7) Gas valve thermostat regulates fuel supply ... issues: not enough gas, failed thermostat, failed gas control valve. 8) Fuel supply from thermostat to burner ... issues: maintenance, thermocouple-thermopile, gas control valve. 9) Clean and replace burner ... issue: periodic maintenance requires burner inspection, cleaning, and possible replacement 10) Functioning thermopile-thermocouple-pilot light ... issues: misalignment, failure of part. 11) Ignition of fuel supply by pilot light or hot surface igniter ... issues: pilot light, piezo igniter, electrode. 12) Power vent water heater troubleshoot ... issues: pressure switch, blower, blower sequence from gas control, outlet polarity 13) Venting combustion byproduct .... issues: vent in disrepair, other vents in house drawing air 14) Misc troubleshoot manuals |
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