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Why is my electric water heater making an intermittent groaning noise?
My 8 year old electric water heater started to make a strange rattling noise a couple of weeks ago. The noise happens at random and lasts for only a few minutes. Short bursts of noise about a minute ...
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How can I safely remove one baseboard heater out of a set of two?
I have two baseboard heaters on either side of my living room. They are both on the same breaker and connected to the same thermostat. The breaker looks like it takes up two spots and has a 20 on the ...
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Can I connect a combination heater/fan unit to the existing bathroom wiring?
I have a dedicated 15A circuit for a top-floor bathroom fan with heat lamps which draws much less than capacity. There is nothing else on this circuit.
I know that code for a 15A 14ga circuit at 80% ...
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Why is my electric wall heater slow to turn on and then quick to shut off?
I have a few electric wall heaters in my bathroom and laundry room made by Intertherm. They may be 30 years old. When you turn the dial to high, it takes 10 minutes or more before it actually turns ...
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How do I use this H/L/V Wiring?
I am replacing an OLD h/l/v with a BROAN 100HFL
I DO NOT have a 12/2 and a 12/3 coming from the 3 switches on the wall.
I DO have this, two 12/2 coming from the 3 switches AND another 12/2 that ran ...
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Trying to wire a 220v line-voltage thermostat
I am trying to replace my old 220v line-voltage thermostat with a modern version. The problem is that after wiring the new version in like the old it doesn't work. I have (2) 12-2 wires coming out of ...
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What's wrong with an electrical outlet that will power a lamp but not a space heater?
Thought my space heater had died when I plugged it in and it wouldn't turn on, not even the "on" indicator light, so I went out and bought a new one. When the new one wouldn't work either, I tested ...
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What should I use to wire a 220v electric baseboard heater and thermostat? 12/2 or 12/3
When I bought my baseboard heaters, thermostats and 220v breakers I was advised to get 12/3 wire. When I attempted to install the heaters I found that the thermostats, heaters, and even breakers have ...
