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Burnham V-7

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spt87
spt87 Member Posts: 13
in THE MAIN WALL
What's the back story with all the V-7 leaks - are they mostly due to improper installs with no return temp protection?  Seems a lot of them have trouble near the coil, does avoiding using the coil help (maybe same thing - cold water coming in to the coil causing a shock to the casting).

Or is there really a flaw dooming all of them to a short life?  Did later production address the problem or was it primarily early ones that had the problem?

I ask as I have one brand new on the pallet which was made about 2005 and I'm wondering if it is worth bothering with.

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  • Big Ed_4
    Big Ed_4 Member Posts: 3,362
    edited March 2010
    Stress Cracks

    There is a fault in the design of the casting , causes a stress crack across the clean out area ...



    Is it worth it ? Depends on the job I guess ...

    There was an error rendering this rich post.

  • toilburn
    toilburn Member Posts: 44
    v7 flaw

    It definatly a design flaw and I think the same thing is happening to the v8, but not as severe.
  • kcopp
    kcopp Member Posts: 4,630
    It will be fine....

    so long as you don't overfire it. They uppped the btu ratings to compete w/ the other brands at the time. Fire it a slightly lower rate and it will last a long time.
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