smell with vaughn indirect???

hot_rod

Rick K

Vaughn top performer with smell

Has anyone experienced this? I recently(7/2/08) installed a 50 gallon vaughn top performer indirect. Today I went back to the customers house to run some eff.tests and the customer complained about a concrete or mortar smell from the water every time he takes a shower! As soon as he brought up the smell I figured it had something to do with the stone lining. I told him I would do some research on it and give him a call back. I've installed many of these tanks and have never heard such a thing. Just wondering if the stone is damaged in the tank?

tk_3

Did you try calling Vaughn to get there input? They would know best.

Howard Emerson

Vaughn stone lined heater

Hi Rick,
A cursory Googling of 'Vaughn water heater smell' turned up this discussion on another forum:

http://www.plbg.com/forum/read.php?1,343575

Maybe that will help in some way?

HE

Al Letellier_9

smell

Could be the anode rod. Have had that issue with other products. YOu may have to change to another kind of rod. Check with the manufacturer

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bill_97

We had a few

customers complain about a smell and fine powder coating their dishes and showers . This is the Burnham version of the Vaughn . I'm guessing it's some byproduct of the cement lining . We had to drain the tanks , add some dishwasher soap , refill and heat up . Then we ran the hot side of the sink till it was clean of soap . On one job it took 2 visits to flush all the sediment out , so be patient . It will run clean .

kpc_26

no anode ...

in a Vaughn.

ScottMP

Another reason

Not to use this product... Poor performance, leaking gaskets, too heavy to move around.

Not my first, second or even third choice fro indirects.

Scott

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