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Annual Maintenance on Atmospheric Vent Water Heaters


 

 



Arrangement of the Atmospheric Vent Water Heaters

 


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     Two, 40 gallon Atmospheric Vent Water Heaters are installed at a home.

 

     They are combined together in such a way that they work in tandem.

 

     Cold water supply comes in from one valve which feeds both the heaters and then they both come back out to feed into one single hot water line that supplies the house.

 

     We need to pipe it in a way such that we have an equal vertical and an equal horizontal run from each heater, for both to work in tandem.

 

 

 

1.    Turn gas off by turning the dial to OFF position. The PILOT light can be heard going off. Now, the Water Heater is no longer operating.

 


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2.    Hook a drain hose on the bottom of the heater tank. Tighten it up to the o-ring gasket.

 

 

3.    Open the drain valve with a screwdriver. Initially the slot goes sideways, showing that the water is totally off. Leave full pressure onto the heater while opening the drain valve. Make sure that the hose is secure at the other end. After turning the slot to the vertical position, water will come out rapidly while pushing out any dirt at the bottom.

 



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4.    Then, quickly turn the valve off on the top of the heater. After 5 seconds or less of pushing all the sediment out, shut off the water supply to the unit by turning off the main water valve. Let the gravity drain which usually takes about 30 to 40 minutes.

 

 

5.    After the heater is completely drained, we are going to carry out the rinsing of the bottom. In our water heater there might be a little bit of minerals or dirt composite that came into your house from the city which is sitting at the bottom of the heater. Using the Hydro Jet technology, we can push the debris out of the drain.

 


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6.    Since our water heater tank is now completely empty, we are going to turn the water on for about 3 seconds, causing it to swirl at the bottom of the tank and then we’ll turn it off and wait for about 8 or 9 seconds while it completely drains out. Repeat that process two or three times. When we are done, we can put a microscope camera inside the tank to see that it is completely clean with no debris at the bottom of the tank.

 

 

7.    We now close off the drain valve and remove the hose from the bottom.

 


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8.    We are ready to introduce water fully back into the unit and put it back in service. Turn on the main water valve, fill the tank up. It will take about 4 to 5 minutes and the whole house will be recharged with water again.

 

 

9.    Now, we need to turn the gas back on to the units. To do so, remove the access panel. There is a sightglass for us to know exactly when the gas is lit.

 


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10.  Turn the control knob from OFF to PILOT. Push the knob in and click the bottom button 2 or 3 times, which will release the gas to the pilot. You can look through the sightglass to verify that the pilot is lit. If you see a blue flame in there, the pilot is ready to go.

 


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11.  Within 20 seconds, you’ll hear an audible click and see a green status light start flashing at the led which tells us that it is ready.

 


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12.  Now we can move it back to the HOT position which is at 120℃. If we want our water to be hotter then every notch from HOT to A, A to B, B to C, C to VERY HOT is 10℃.

 


 

 

13.  After lightning the pilot, replace the access panel and the Water Heater is back in service.