Roger Peugeot, the owner of the Roger the Plumber business in Johnson County, said he had repaired about 200 of the tanks that had defective dip tubes.
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The settlement would replace, if the consumer files a claim, dip tubes in any of an estimated 14 million water heaters made from August 1993 to October 1996.
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Water heaters with dip tubes that have already begun to dissolve will be able to get immediate help and won't have to wait for the settlement to become final.
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Since publicizing the problem in January, Gagnon said, he has received more than 700 calls and letters from people who say they have water heaters with defective dip tubes.
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Perfection, the primary supplier of dip tubes to the water-heater industry, acknowledged that from 1993 to 1996 it had left out an important additive that kept the tubes from deteriorating.
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The dip tube is a piece of plastic pipe, which costs a manufacturer less than $ 1, that funnels cold water to the bottom of the tank so it can be heated.
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They will be paid $ 185 for replacing a dip tube and flushing out the plastic chips, and a lesser amount for replacement of a dip tube that has not started to disintegrate.
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During those years, 24 million water heaters were sold, and more than 90 percent had Perfection's dip tubes, which are designed to funnel cold water to the bottom of the water heater's tank.
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A federal judge has given preliminary approval to a settlement that makes more than 14 million water heaters eligible for repairs because of a defective piece of plastic pipe called a dip tube.
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They will be paid $ 185 for replacing a dip tube and flushing out the plastic chips, and a lesser amount for replacement of a dip tube that has not started to disintegrate.
