Timeline for Why is our new water heater makeing a ticking sound?
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| Jun 25, 2020 at 18:09 | history | edited | FreeMan | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 25, 2020 at 17:20 | answer | added | JRaef | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jun 25, 2020 at 14:21 | comment | added | Patrick Howard | It is a Rheem, model XE40M06ST45U1, electric. The ticking sounds like a Grandfather's clock. I hear it loudest at the supply nipples. I didn't check to see if it has heat traps or not. | |
| Jun 25, 2020 at 14:01 | comment | added | FreeMan | @VtC, in what way doesn't this meet site guidelines? "Needs more detail" maybe, but water heater issues are quite on topic. | |
| Jun 25, 2020 at 13:50 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Jun 25, 2020 at 13:03 | comment | added | Ed Beal | What kind of fuel gas or electric? Gas with piezo electric start ticks. | |
| Jun 25, 2020 at 12:53 | comment | added | FreeMan | Metal often makes a click or tick noise when it heats and cools. It could, perhaps simply be the internal bits "settling" into their mounting points as it goes through its initial heating cycles. | |
| Jun 25, 2020 at 12:52 | comment | added | Daniel Griscom | Hello, and welcome to Home Improvement. Unfortunately, we'll need a lot more info before we have any chance of helping you (e.g. make/model/type of heater? frequency of sound? where does it come from?). | |
| Jun 25, 2020 at 12:50 | review | First posts | |||
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| Jun 25, 2020 at 12:44 | history | asked | Patrick Howard | CC BY-SA 4.0 |