giovanniello
Member
Hi All,
First off, i should say: I do not have a good sense of smell. So it's really hard for me to determine exactly what's going on. But it seems to me that it is only my hot water that is affected. For the last week, the hot water has been smelling burnt (or something, maybe chemical, I don't know), at least until I run it for a little while.
I have an Atwood GC10A-4E water heater on my 2004 Fleetwood Southwind. To my knowledge, this is the original unit to this rig. It heats up water just fine, and a casual visual inspection of the maintenance panel offers no clues. There is no indication of burning in the flame tube.
The only thing I can think of is that this happened after I installed a Sureflo water accumulator. But if this were the problem, then my cold water would be affected too. It's so strange.
I'm lead to believe that my hot water heater does not need an anode rod since it is supposedly ceramic coated (or something).
I should also note that I recently (about 4 weeks ago) did a full flush of the hot and cold water lines and fresh water holding tank with Camco water system cleaner. All the water seemed fine and dandy after that. This problem began well after flushing.
Does anyone have an advice?
Is there a simple way to clean my hot water tank? (never done that before)
Is there something I'm not thinking of?
I really appreciate any help here since we're full-timing and we're worried we're exposing ourselves to something unhealthy.
Thanks in advance!
-Michael
First off, i should say: I do not have a good sense of smell. So it's really hard for me to determine exactly what's going on. But it seems to me that it is only my hot water that is affected. For the last week, the hot water has been smelling burnt (or something, maybe chemical, I don't know), at least until I run it for a little while.
I have an Atwood GC10A-4E water heater on my 2004 Fleetwood Southwind. To my knowledge, this is the original unit to this rig. It heats up water just fine, and a casual visual inspection of the maintenance panel offers no clues. There is no indication of burning in the flame tube.
The only thing I can think of is that this happened after I installed a Sureflo water accumulator. But if this were the problem, then my cold water would be affected too. It's so strange.
I'm lead to believe that my hot water heater does not need an anode rod since it is supposedly ceramic coated (or something).
I should also note that I recently (about 4 weeks ago) did a full flush of the hot and cold water lines and fresh water holding tank with Camco water system cleaner. All the water seemed fine and dandy after that. This problem began well after flushing.
Does anyone have an advice?
Is there a simple way to clean my hot water tank? (never done that before)
Is there something I'm not thinking of?
I really appreciate any help here since we're full-timing and we're worried we're exposing ourselves to something unhealthy.
Thanks in advance!
-Michael