Timeline for Chemical Smell After Tankless Water Heater Install
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| Oct 20, 2021 at 1:55 | answer | added | Andrew Gokey | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jan 16, 2020 at 10:14 | answer | added | Mike | timeline score: 2 | |
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| Oct 4, 2019 at 16:46 | history | edited | isherwood | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 3, 2019 at 23:47 | answer | added | Geoff | timeline score: 0 | |
| Dec 4, 2018 at 16:56 | comment | added | FreeMan | Have you searched the brand and model of your heater? It could be that this is a <somewhat> common issue and others are complaining about it as well then noting that it goes away after a period of time. | |
| Apr 14, 2018 at 18:31 | comment | added | Mike | @Ken Hmm. Nothing in the manual about run in time and temperatures. This would not surprise me though. This could be what is causing it or the smell from the new PEX pipes. | |
| Apr 14, 2018 at 18:29 | comment | added | Mike | @jsotola Nope. No trace of ink in the hot water. | |
| Apr 14, 2018 at 18:28 | comment | added | Mike | @virtualxtc Yes, you are correct. They used crimps to connect the PEX to the copper. I've also read that PEX does leech. | |
| Apr 14, 2018 at 5:55 | comment | added | Ken | The THWH is new and perhaps what you are getting is the run in odor of the THWH - was there anything in the manual about run in time and temperatures ? Ovens have a run in time for that fresh factory smell to go away - so perhaps your THWH has the same thing. | |
| Apr 13, 2018 at 6:30 | comment | added | jsotola | maybe the plumber dropped a sharpie inside the heater .... is there any trace of ink in hot water? | |
| Apr 12, 2018 at 23:30 | comment | added | Hari | It sounds like the smell you're describing is acetone (often in nail polish remover and sharpies as a solvent). I have no idea why that would be present though. | |
| Apr 12, 2018 at 23:01 | comment | added | virtualxtc | PEX soldered to copper? Don't you mean crimped to copper that was soldered to other solder? PEX doesn't leech, so I doubt it's the pex, did they use PVC on the supply side somewhere? | |
| Apr 12, 2018 at 21:51 | comment | added | Jim Stewart | One would think so. | |
| Apr 12, 2018 at 20:03 | history | edited | Mike | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 12, 2018 at 19:51 | comment | added | Mike | That is what I originally thought too. it's been a week now, and any water soluble flux should have been washed away and gone by now, right? | |
| Apr 12, 2018 at 19:49 | comment | added | Jim Stewart | I suppose this could be from the flux used in soldering. | |
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| Apr 12, 2018 at 19:46 | history | asked | Mike | CC BY-SA 3.0 |