smokeandrattle
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My parents just purchased a Modular Home , the manufacture came , assembled the pieces , connected the water , turned on the water , without the hot water heater being powered up they ran water through the cold water faucets and everything was fine they ran water through the hot side faucets and after a minute or two the water turned black and had an awful smell , we pulled the lower element out and it was covered with black stuff as well as the inside of the tank , when you get iit on your finger it smells like carbon, only comes out of the hot side without the heating elements on , if you put the cold side hater in a pot and heat it there is no smell. The home is new and the water has been tested by the local DEHEC lab. The manufacturer said they have never seen this ,it is a State Sandhog water heater. Black water and smell only comes from hot side.