water heater knob melted

curtis0707 · 07-13-2011, 10:53 AM

i have just purchased a 1987 33 ft solaris and was wondering why the hot water control box knob (the blue one) is melted,i presume that thre was a backfire but is it still ok to use because it seems to work fine..any feed back would be great

Gene · 07-13-2011, 08:31 PM

Hi curtis0707, welcome to the forum.

If the water heater is working ok now, then it may have just been some past event by a previous owner but I would check carefully to make sure there are no current gas leaks or loose connections that could cause another event. Quite possibly there may have been something like a spider nest blocking the burner and causing it to flame back. If it is just a melted knob and it turns ok you may be allright.

Gene

curtis0707 · 07-13-2011, 08:34 PM

thanks for the feed back the control valve is only 150.00 so im not going to take a chance