MANY OF THE EFFECTS OF FLOODING ARE NOT IMMEDIATELY APPARENT.

JohnNY

The pitting and breaking down of the metals that controls, gas valves, burner tubes, pilot tubes, orifices, etc are made of WILL corrode and close up or become porous in a short amount of time. When you walk away from a flooded appliance patting yourself on the back that you did the right thing, rest assured it is highly likely you've put people in danger and opened yourself to limitless liability.



Aside from that, jacket insulation, once it gets wet, is no longer insulation. So then you've got the dangers associated with heat moving right through the heat exchanger and firing chamber to the outside sheet metal jacket panels.



I'm not even going to bring up efficiency losses because who cares.



Right now you've got a family of cold clients.



Call that a "win" compared to a family of dead clients.