Hot water heater that is wrap with insulation

[jfinan1 (Julie Finan, CMI® 450.012146, CPI HI17711)]

My question is : If I remember correctly … an insulated hot water tank will void the manufactured warranty and is in a higher risk of causing a fire? So the insulated should be remove? Am I correct or not. Thanks Julie

[bcawhern1 (Brian Cawhern, CMI)]

@jfinan1

an insulated hot water tank will void the manufactured warranty and is in a higher risk of causing a fire?

Just curious what the manual you are holding has to say if anything.

[jfinan1 (Julie Finan, CMI® 450.012146, CPI HI17711)]

I feel like a read it someplace but I do not remember where?

[bcawhern1 (Brian Cawhern, CMI)]

@jfinan1

I feel like a read it someplace

Look on page 14 of the manual you are holding. Here is a link

Kenmore 153331830 gas water heater manual

[mgratton (Marcel Gratton, CMI)]

I contacted Giant a while back regarding wrapping the WH with insulation and they said that it would void the warranty.

[ddagostino (Dominic DAgostino, CMI HI3957)]

@bcawhern1

Look on page 14 of the manual you are holding. Here is a link

Honestly, what the hell is wrong with people?

[jfinan1 (Julie Finan, CMI® 450.012146, CPI HI17711)]

thank you gentleman

[lhenderson2 (Lon Henderson, CMI)]

@bcawhern1

Look on page 14 of the manual you are holding. Here is a link

Well Kenmore is fine with blankets…but it really grinds on me that they want me to accept their darn cookies to read their crummy 44-page manual with 41 pages of boiler plate BS err, nonsense.

[rkenney (Robert (Bob) Kenney, CMI® MD Lic.# 31044)]

@ddagostino

Honestly, what the hell is wrong with people?

The world will end in 12 years so they are doing their small part in energy conservation that they read on Facebook or some other misinformation provider. It makes them feel good! . . . and they didn’t have to do any thinking (which many of them aren’t capable of anyway).