Recent content by benzinok

I am replacing a 2 year old Rheem 406 heater unit that had major corrosion issues. I agree with you that there seems to be no outstanding heater out there. So I ordered another unit figuring I could use several of the good parts for spares...

It is a salt water pool but I have never seen anything that would even remotely suggest a leak. I have not broke into the heat exchanger yet. A neighbor brought up a good point that it below a Pecan tree, and the hulls are very acidic. That sounds probable and possible? There has definitely...

I took the top part of the unit off, and the grate where it breaths from the top was covered with leaves. I think maybe what happened is it was trapping the heat and "cooked" the bottom of the unit. I may be crazy but after researching for hours on heaters, I did not find any heaters that stood...

Found the problem: I would think I should be shocked at this as it is 2 years old? And of course out of warranty. Next question is this will take about $1100.00 in parts vs. $1800-2000 for a 400,000btu unit. Would anyone recommend fixing this given the condition of the outer case of the entire...

Hey everyone; I have Rheem M-406A-EN-C natural Gas heater that quit working this evening. After pulling the cover off, and verifying spark and pilot ignition, I am wondering what things I should be looking at this point for possible issues. The control panel gave a Main Ignition Failure message...