Master Plumber Mark
Sensitivity trainer and plumber of mens souls
Here is a FAir Warning about the new A.O.Smith FVIR gas heaters
I installed a new 09 FVIR 40 gal Gas water heater from A.O.Smith today....
it was a warranty change out only....
I thought I would look at the bottom of their NEW heater and see if they had made any decent improvements to their older 03-04 models...
to my absolute astonishment, it appears that they have actually taken a giant step backwards in design,
in fact I think they have copied exactly the old WHIRLPOOL DESIGN.....
I honestly cant beleive that they can be this stupid...
they now send the heater out with a lint barrior around the bottom lip of the unit, and they actually have less of a air intake than their old heater and it looks almost exactly like the whilpoool units!!!
please see and review for yourself.... does this make any sense to anyone that they would design their units like one that has literally millions of failures on the market already?????.
new 09 A.O.Smith FVIR HEATER
A 2005 defective whirlpool
Is this company is totally out of touch with reality.. or am I????
any opinions on this would be appreciated, cause this has got me stumped
if you think I am nuts, just go ahead and tell me so...
I would not install this dog for any of my good customers....
.
I installed a new 09 FVIR 40 gal Gas water heater from A.O.Smith today....
it was a warranty change out only....
I thought I would look at the bottom of their NEW heater and see if they had made any decent improvements to their older 03-04 models...
to my absolute astonishment, it appears that they have actually taken a giant step backwards in design,
in fact I think they have copied exactly the old WHIRLPOOL DESIGN.....
I honestly cant beleive that they can be this stupid...
they now send the heater out with a lint barrior around the bottom lip of the unit, and they actually have less of a air intake than their old heater and it looks almost exactly like the whilpoool units!!!
please see and review for yourself.... does this make any sense to anyone that they would design their units like one that has literally millions of failures on the market already?????.
new 09 A.O.Smith FVIR HEATER
A 2005 defective whirlpool
Is this company is totally out of touch with reality.. or am I????
any opinions on this would be appreciated, cause this has got me stumped
if you think I am nuts, just go ahead and tell me so...
I would not install this dog for any of my good customers....
.
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