To get a longer life from your bradford white water heater when a higher stress component such as a gas valve air switch blower motor or element fails you can purchase genuine replacement parts from one the country s leading wholesalers of bradford white.
Water heater blower pressure switch.
A pressure switch is designed to sense the negative pressure created by the draft inducer motor during the furnace startup and to shut down the furnace ignition if the air pressure is inadequate.
The air pressure switch is the element used on all power vent models and it checks that there is proper venting removal of the products of combustion.
You may discover that some parts wear out before the tank itself.
The pressure switch on a furnace may fail or get stuck in an open position and there are few simple checks you can complete before testing the switch for electrical failure.
However if a tiny bug or piece of dirt gets into the hose and blows into the tiny orifice in the entrance to the switch it can plug it causing it to fail.
Water pressure switch replacement fits pentair minimax nt std heater with 6800 controller powermax and minimax plus heater models 150 200 250 300 350 400 also fits pentair minimax and powermax commercial heaters compatible with pentair minimax commercial heater with csd 1 controls and minimax commercial low nox heater.
Now i have a spare for next time this happens.
It verifies that blower is running correctly which is not a case when the vent exhaust pipes are blocked or very long.
1 blower pdvg 40t42 50t42 6910772 1 blower pdvg 50t60 6910773 2 inlet pressure switch pdvg 40t42 50t42 3210545 3 outlet pressure switch pdvg 40t42 50t42 3210546 2 3 inlet outlet pressure switch pdvg 50t60 3210601 3 outlet pressure switch pvg 40t42 3210583 3 outlet pressure switch pvg 50t42 3210600.