Water Heater draft hood

[mathew stouffer]

I have never seen type type of inducer unit before. It's difficult to depict from the photo but the hood is not centered over the flue. This is a rheem water heater, gas, 75 gallons manufactured in 1997. Is this correct. JDLR;)

[Rick Cantrell]

I've never seen that either, but that doesn't make it wrong.
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All WH (that I know of) come with the proper vent hood.
Check the manufacturers instructions.

[Jerry Peck]

I've seen a few with the draft inducer fan, but they were not like that one.

Hopefully Bob Harper will respond to this as he has excellent information on gas and gas appliances.

[Billy Stephens]

Mathew,

I would write it as WH connections show evidence of Leakage.

Removal from Service and Replacement Needed .

* still like to know but your right JDLR.
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[mathew stouffer]

The majority of the water heaters around here are inducers, but never like this POS:) Looks like it came from the junk yard

[Bob Harper]

Believe it or not that is the listed vent system. Those units had a very high internal stack temp. so this arrangement entrained more dilution and excess air which reduced stack temps to where they could use plastic venting.

[mathew stouffer]

Thanks

[Dom D'Agostino]

Rheem PowerVent, but it's missing the rear shroud that covers the electrical connections.