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Bob checks out the ProMax "75" gas-fired water heater from A. O. Smith. It has a blower on top which provide us the air necessary for combustion. This is particularly useful in a house like the Quechee farmhouse which is very tight. It has an 80% efficiency rating and a glass-line storage tank with a 10-year tank warranty.

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" This is a gas fired water heater and it's a good choice this AO Smith pro -- the 75 they call it it's got. A blower up here basically which provides the the air that's necessary for combustion and very useful in the house such as ours which is very tight you don't have a lot of drafty air coming into the basement. The other thing I like about it is the fact that it's rated 80% efficiency and has a glass lined storage tank which really. I think they give you -- ten year tank warranty on this so it's a very good choice."

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