RTO W4 A.O Smith Gas Hot Water Heater Draft Inducer "converting natural burner propane" Questions

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...orifice must be changed to switch between natural gas and propane http://waterheatertimer.org/How-to-troubleshoot-gas-water-heater.html Most manufacturers do not support converting gas on heater. ...

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...Natural gas burner. The manifold tube and thermocouple must match the gas control valve, and gas-type and have correct thread for propane. The combustion chamber and heat transfer surface can also be ...

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...burner for natural gas. Call Rheem Generally the company does not support changing type of gas since propane burns much hotter and has more pressure than natural gas. You need different gas control ...

...natural gas? Contact Rinnai. Gas control valve is different, burner is different, burner and gas valve must match, threads are regular instead of reverse, dip switches probably have to be changed ...

natural gas. Burner must be more robust cast iron. Orifices must be changed to accommodate different gas. Different gas control valve needed. In some cases there are dip switch changes for type of gas

Question about General Electric Water Heaters

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...natural gas, I use a tiny set of thumb drills to drill the jet to the required size for that burner. (the jets are normally made of brass and are quite easy to drill by hand) It can be a little bit ...

Question about Bosch Water Heaters

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...natural gas because it runs at a much higher pressure. Just a thought but I had a water heater from the factory for a mobile home that had the nat. gas sticker on gas valve and I hooked it up in town ...

...natural gas. There is a gas type chip that plugs into the main board as described in the install manual. Opened the burner and the orifice looks servo controlled. I am stuck with an expensive ...

...natural gas only. It worked fine, just smudged black smoke out. He brought out another heater and swapped it out, seems you can't change the burner? Don't make sense. Anyway, I would take it back to ...

...natural gas. The burners have been optimized for the rated gas and will not work as well after conversion. (Unlike ranges where the gas/air flow ratios can be adjusted when the burner orifices and ...

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