Rinnai Tankless Water Heater Code 11 *FIXED*

Rinnai Tankless Water Heater Code 11 FIXED

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Rinnai tankless code 11 no hot water issue fixed
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@marcuskoll355 6 ай бұрын

Great video. Thank you! They wanted $299 for service call plus $800 for deep cleaning. Absolutely crazy. Took me about 2.5 hours from start to finish.

@SmitHVAC. 6 ай бұрын

Wow thats steep, glad it helped!

@lowcountrydawg2525 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video, been dealing with a finicky code-11 for about 6 months, tried resetting it, cleaning flame rods, replacing flame rods... followed your instructions and she works like new again. Cheers.

@SmitHVAC. Жыл бұрын

Awesome. Glad it was helpful for you!

@user-rj3me8id1j 11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this in-depth video. The other videos we watched did not completely disassemble the unit. We are so thankful to take hot showers again.

@SmitHVAC. 11 ай бұрын

Glad it helped!

@FigRko 2 ай бұрын

Life saver, thank you so much. Just did it today and it seems worked. Next I will need to clean or exchange the copper “fin rolls” on top of the heating elements. They had build up on them. I cleaned them the best that I could.

@TheAbelonius 5 ай бұрын

Thank You! That's so helpful. I've been watching a lot of Rinnai troubleshooting videos and I'm concerned that nobody mentions whether or not they are working on a condensing type or not. As if we should know that by looking. cheers..

@jimiyu4652 Жыл бұрын

Great video. Followed along and we are up and running again. Saved me a few hundred bucks. Thank you.

@SmitHVAC. Жыл бұрын

Glad it helped, I'll be doing some maintenance videos for rinnais soon, subscribe if you want to see them!

@ianmcleod7883 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for this video! My burner was full of dead flies.

@Freddyk556 10 ай бұрын

Thanks, did what you said in the video along with take apart each individual burner scraping out lint, bugs and dirt them blowing each one out with air. I also blew off the burner assembly. My rl94 is like new!!

@SmitHVAC. 10 ай бұрын

Awesome! It's crazy what gets inside these things

@briann977 9 ай бұрын

Thank you! Just followed your steps and have hot water now. 30 minutes or so. You saved me a bunch of $$ and aggravation... Interestingly enough, it really didn't seem all that dirty to me.

@SmitHVAC. 9 ай бұрын

It doesn't take much to cause you an issue, glad it helped!

@marcelahurtado4100 11 ай бұрын

Fantastic addition to our island kitchen

@mikeflerchinger5765 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Sir!, good Info. Saved me bucks.

@SmitHVAC. Жыл бұрын

Glad it helped! Subscribe if you want to see some more rinnai tips, I have another one coming soon

@maluplayer1 22 күн бұрын

Thank you so much! You saved me at a few $100 dollars!

@MRMONAVIENYC 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for the video.. it helped me out..

@dannypayne6461 10 ай бұрын

Smith HVAC, Your video was spot on but like most disassembly / assembly I do, I have two screws left over. They are longer the all the others. Can you tell me where they go for an RL94?

@SmitHVAC. 10 ай бұрын

Some of the outer screws around the burner plate are longer than others. Hard to say where yours are from, if they are fine thread machine screws they are off of the gas assembly.

@justagee 5 ай бұрын

Awesome video.

@dswhite42 2 ай бұрын

Thanks very much - this video gave me the confidence to get into my Rinnai v65 and solve the problem myself. Having the camera so close to where you're working is an excellent setup - it was easy to see what was going on, and the occasional voice-over comments were exactly what I needed. I'm not sure if you're still responding to comments a year after the video, but for my setup, even though the heat is working again, there's now a fairly significant odor of natural gas whenever the tank is running (not just during initial startup). Could I have missed something putting it back together? Do I need to replace some gasket somewhere?

@whocantexplain 2 ай бұрын

Around 2:50 he mentions there’s a gasket you should replace if it falls apart. Im not a technician at all though, but it might be your issue

@dswhite42 2 ай бұрын

@@whocantexplain Thanks for the reply. I went ahead and replaced the full rectangular gasket around the burner plate (which was pretty tightly compressed after 7 years), and that seems to have fixed it.

@SmitHVAC. 2 ай бұрын

Hey, sorry I didn't get to your comment until now. Glad you got it sorted out!

@juanperez-xy5vy 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for a great video, just a few question do I need to replace any of the gaskets? Also how can I check for gas leaks just want to make sure everything is back together properly. And once again thank you.

@SmitHVAC. 6 ай бұрын

No as long as you didn't pull the flame sensor gasket out you're ok. I like the PT299 gas leak detector. It's cheap and it works great. amzn.to/48EhKYX

@PlumCrazyRob Жыл бұрын

Model number?? I have a 12yo RC98 looks similar. Never had a problem or code with it great unit. Was just browsing, saw your video, thanks.

@SmitHVAC. Жыл бұрын

This is an Rl75, they used the concentric vent kit and were very reliable. The spiders nests is the most common issue I see on them

@sgyniguez 16 күн бұрын

Thanks for posting the video! Do you know if this will work for the electric water heater variant as well?

@SmitHVAC. 16 күн бұрын

No, it's completely different

@alexsandoval895 9 ай бұрын

When removing the two bottom’s screws to get into the burner housing unit i dropped a screw and it fell into the vent motor. Can i still run it like that? If not how do i remove it?

@SmitHVAC. 9 ай бұрын

I would try to remove the vent motor, you don't want to risk damaging anything.

@JuliusDeBerryJr 10 ай бұрын

Where is the air intake filter on this unit? Everything I see keeps saying top right side and will slide out towards me, but I don't see anything that even remotely looks like that.

@SmitHVAC. 10 ай бұрын

The Rl75 doesn't have a filter, just the newer models

@estebanvillagomez1465 Жыл бұрын

Hi so I’m still having the problem! Could I have missed something! It worked all the rest of the day I did this then in the morning it started doing it again so I took it all apart and re did it, it started working again all night then now I just woke up and it started doing it again

@SmitHVAC. Жыл бұрын

Could be a number of different issues, this is just a common one. Check your intake and exhaust outside, maybe pull your vent apart and check in the intake on top of the tank, make sure your flame sensor and spark ignitor are clean

@estebanvillagomez1465 Жыл бұрын

So do you think the igniter could be bad? I took those out flame rod and electrode cleaned them it fired up but now it’s doing it again not sure what else vent is clean

@malachnazareth3150 Жыл бұрын

@@estebanvillagomez1465 blow your line out. If you have a regulator on your meter run , regulator could be bad.

@Romanrootergarage Жыл бұрын

So to be clear , you cleaned out the burner to solve the issue?

@SmitHVAC. Жыл бұрын

Burner and orifaces, there are other issues that can cause a code 11 but this one was plugged up.

@stretched2 9 ай бұрын

I had a hard vibration from my R75LS. I carefully took the fan out, cleaned it (lots of debris) and put it back in. No vibration now, but I have a code 11. Any ideas please?

@SmitHVAC. 9 ай бұрын

Did you clean the burner? If the fans dirty, the burners dirty.

@stretched2 9 ай бұрын

It was working fine before cleaning fan, just a loud hum/vibration. Are you suggesting code will trigger after cleaning fan if I didn't clean burner? I mean, what your saying makes sense - there were quite a few wasps and moths in the fan.

@SmitHVAC. 9 ай бұрын

@@stretched2 cleaning the fan could have dislodged and sent some other debris into the burners. It's definitely the next thing I would check!

@stretched2 9 ай бұрын

So, I took my time and carefully cleaned the burner and cleaned the coils above it. Checked the fan again and sucked anything out of the air assembly to the fan. Put everything together and it still throws code 11. Any ideas? I only disconnected the burner solenoid when I took the fan out - that couldn't possibly be that sensitive, no?

@SmitHVAC. 9 ай бұрын

@@stretched2 Do you have good spark? Possible the spark ignitor came disconnected? Go outside near the exhaust while the unit tries to fire, do you smell gas?

@carlosruiz4857 11 ай бұрын

Do we have shut off the gas?

@SmitHVAC. 11 ай бұрын

Yes

@Christian_Villanueva Жыл бұрын

I have two decently long size screws and I have no idea what they go to..

@SmitHVAC. Жыл бұрын

Are they the ones you need the long screwdriver for? Out of the bottom of the burner

@Christian_Villanueva Жыл бұрын

@@SmitHVAC. not entirely sure tbh I’m not a professional I just thought id have a crack at it. Funny solution, the gas wasn’t on at my house. Found out when I went to go cook and had no gas lol. So now I have another problem, my water heater is in my garage and it smells like gas in there now. Did I possibly do something to cause a gas leak? What would cause the smell of gas from the water heater? I didn’t mess with the gas line at all

@SmitHVAC. Жыл бұрын

Yes if you have leftover screws and smell gas you may have caused a leak, it would be best to shut it down and call a professional

@Christian_Villanueva Жыл бұрын

@@SmitHVAC. that’s what I was thinking, thanks!

@Christian_Villanueva Жыл бұрын

@@SmitHVAC. update, I’m stubborn and wanted to fix it myself lolll. I found where the screw goes and now it doesn’t smell like gas. Also, the two longer screws I originally commented about were the bottom two for the gas plate? I guess is what it’s called. I placed two of the screws for that big plate at the top for it (the one that holds the gas solenoids). Once I figured out that they don’t belong there I replaced them with the two bigger screws that go there at the bottom and then I missed one of the smaller screws that hold that big plate in. I guess that causes a gas leak since I no longer smell gas

@georgeboisey6700 3 ай бұрын

How to installation for a electric tankless hot water heater

@SmitHVAC. 3 ай бұрын

Nobody installs electric tankless around here, gas is cheaper

@Kevin-de7zv 9 ай бұрын

What should I do if water leaks?

@SmitHVAC. 9 ай бұрын

Depends where it's leaking from

@Kevin-de7zv 9 ай бұрын

@@SmitHVAC.it’s leaking inside

@SmitHVAC. 9 ай бұрын

You'll need to figure out where, could be a gasket, a valve, or a pitted copper pipe. If you can't find where it's coming from you'll need to call a pro.

@volebien Жыл бұрын

mine is the infinity 16 brand new and i got code 11.

@SmitHVAC. Жыл бұрын

Are you in the southern US? I've never seen one of them in Canada

@volebien Жыл бұрын

@@SmitHVAC. No. Mauritius (Strangely, we are Asian/Africa/Europe). Anyway, mine is the Rinnai Infinity A1620WD (made in Japan). I played with the settings and now the code 11 is gone and everything is good for now.

@Christian_Villanueva Жыл бұрын

Got stuck because the screw driver I went to go out and buy specifically for this is too short :(( loll