Gas fueled water heater appliance and methods to mitigate lint, dust, and oil events

Abstract

The gas fueled water heater appliance may include a tank, a chamber wall, a gas burner, a chamber sensor, and a controller. The chamber sensor may be configured to detect temperature within the combustion chamber. The controller may be mounted to the gas fueled water heater appliance in operable communication with the gas burner and the chamber sensor. The controller may be configured to direct a water heating operation. The water heating operation may include detecting an ambient temperature (AT) value during a contemporaneous cycle of the gas burner, selecting, based on the detected AT value, a set temperature threshold from a plurality of temperature thresholds, detecting a combustion chamber temperature (CCT) value at the chamber sensor during the contemporaneous cycle, comparing the detected CCT value to the set temperature threshold, and directing heating at the gas burner based on comparing the detected CCT value to the set temperature threshold.