Rheem Water Heaters has been around for many years; every product that they sell is nothing less than good quality heating products. The Power Vent Series is available in a 40, 50, 60 and 75-gallon tall tank models and a 40 and a 50 short gallon tank models. The Btu’s per hour range from 36,000 inputs to 75,000 inputs.
This Series has a 6 year limited tank warranty for parts and for the tank. But if you upgrade to the Protection Plus warranty, the 6 years extends into a 10 year limited warranty.
The Power Vent has some great features that other systems don’t offer. Standard on all systems is an electronic ignition system, which is a huge safety feature. It has a quiet blower operation and the heat traps are included with the water heater. Not many water heaters will have that.
The Power vent 75 has a brass drain valve and is available in natural gas and they all have very low NOx requirements. You don’t need any fancy outlets the power vent 75 uses a standard 110 v outlet and connection. The Power Vent Series comes with Rheem’s patented Guardian System, which offers double the protection of the water heater, twice the protection as other heaters.
Power Vent Series has a Flammable Vapor Detection Sensor that works as a protective water heater control system that will stop the heater from working when flammable fumes start to build up. These safety features are terrific, there are so many water heater accidents every year because they are not equipped with the safety features the Rheem Water Heaters do.
You will also get the benefit of a self-diagnostic system. This system was created to help homeowners as well as technicians to diagnose the problems with the heater rather quickly. Just straight answers no guesswork. Having this system will save you money in the long run because if you need maintenance you won’t have to pay for hours of troubleshooting, the problem is right there.
The Power Vent has a Self Cleaning System called EverKleen. This system helps prevent build up of sediment from forming on the boiler. The Self Cleaning System is available on the 40, 50 and 60-gallon models only. The Rheem Water Heater is designed with a patented magnesium rod design, which uses a special rust resistant coating.
The Power Vent meets the high altitude compliancy. The tall model water heaters are approved for 7700 feet above sea level and the short models are certified for up to 6000 feet above sea level. For more information on parts for installation you can read the manual for these heaters on Rheem’s website.
Rheem only offers their customers high efficiency water heaters that have been designed specifically to help their customers save money and get more for their money. Buying anything but a Rheem is a mistake.
We have (I believe) a Rheem powervent water heater that was installed just a few years ago… For the first time ever it had to be reset over the weekend. This morning it was off again and my husband reset it… my daughter took a shower and when I got up the water heater was running. some 20 minutes later I noticed the water heater was still running and mentioned it to my husband… about 20 minutes later we smelled electrical burning and it had gone out again… and could not be reset (not that we would have wanted to reset it at that point)… I am waiting for a call from my husband to get the exact model number etc… but was wondering if anyone had any ideas on what this could be based on this little information?
Thank you and Have a GREAT Day! Shelby :-)
The model number on that Rheem unit (my last post) is Rheem 211T50E-11
We had a Powervent installed new in our house when we bought it 2.5 years ago. If you don’t mind having it serviced or parts replace every 6 months and being stranded without hot water when those incidents happen, its a great hot water heater. Honestly, I really hate this hot water heater. Something this relatively new should not have all these issues to deal with. The owners manual is pretty useless so you have to have an expensive “expert” spend about 20 minutes fixing something you could have easily done yourself (if the manual bothered to tell you how). All the sensors and electronics are complete crap that fail all the time. Rheem must of went with the cheapest possible parts when putting this thing together.
I’M TRYING TO FIND ANSWERS TO THE CODE PROBLEMS ON A POWER VENT WATER HEATER AND STARTING TO PULL MY REMAINING HAIR OUT. MANUAL IS NOT VERY HELP FULL AND I CANNOT FIND A RHEEM TROUBLE SHOOTING SITE. GIVE ME BACK THE OLD HEATERS THAT RAN 15 TO 20 YEARS WITH LITTLE OR NO TROUBLE.
Barry,
For safety’s sake consider getting a Licensed Pro to take care of the problem your water heater is having. The reason your water heater is locking out is the self diagnostics have detected a fault which does not allow safe operation of the unit. Gas appliances while normally very safe and economical have an ugly side where your property can in an instant be reduced to a smoldering pile of toothpicks on a vacant lot or, your entire household doesn’t wake up in the morning. Please consider the services of a Licensed Pro.
Below is a link for the manual for your unit. Please read the entire manual including all safety notices and warnings. Your codes are on page 32.
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