I'm looking to possibly replace my Hayward H250FDN gas heater because ever since install it has had a very strong gas smell coming from it while it is running, and only while it's running. I've had both Hayward techs and plumbers come out to look at it. First visit from the tech, they fired it up, smelled it and said it needed a regulator. Plumber then came out and tested the pressure, and it is within the specs for the heater, so no regulator needed. Tech then came back out today, and said that the pressure at one of the valves was very low, and that the smell when firing it up was natural gas, but when running it is chemical burnoff from being a new unit.
Now, this unit was installed in May 2019, and we are in Houston, TX. It's not brand new. It's been used a handful of times, my neighbor has complained of a gas smell when it's running, the smell gets in our house, and when we had a party, a parent who knows gas pretty well was outside and said he smelled gas. That was after the unit had been on for quite a while.
So, questions:
Anyone else have this problem with this model, and what did you do to fix it?
If this problem can't be fixed, what are some reliable heater/chiller combo units that will withstand the heat of Houston summers?
Now, this unit was installed in May 2019, and we are in Houston, TX. It's not brand new. It's been used a handful of times, my neighbor has complained of a gas smell when it's running, the smell gets in our house, and when we had a party, a parent who knows gas pretty well was outside and said he smelled gas. That was after the unit had been on for quite a while.
So, questions:
Anyone else have this problem with this model, and what did you do to fix it?
If this problem can't be fixed, what are some reliable heater/chiller combo units that will withstand the heat of Houston summers?
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