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    argawrachel Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Sep 9, 2010, 09:50 PM
    Smell by gas water heater
    We live in the basement of my sister's home. Our closet is right up against another closet that has the water heater in it. A couple weeks ago, we noticed a smell coming into our closet. It smelled like old broccoli and was pretty strong. We turned the water heater off and then a few hours later turned it back on again. The smell went away after turning it off and didn't come back immediately after turning it back on. Then, a few days later, the smell came back again. Any thoughts??
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    Sep 11, 2010, 06:25 AM

    If you shut the gas off and the smell went away and it came back after you turned it back on I would suspect a gas leak or a flame setting that didn't burn all the gas. Is there amy smoke?
    In any respect if any gas appliance begins to have a odor it's time to have it checked out by a pro.
    Better safe then sorry! Good luck, Tom
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