Questions tagged [heater]
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Why did my water stop getting hot and my stove doesn't do anything
Cold water coming from the hot water heater. Changed the bottom heating elament that was bad and let the tank refill. Turned power back on and waited an hour, turned the water on to see if it was ...
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240 volt patio heater on timer won't turn off
We had a 240V ceiling mounted patio heater installed 10 years ago and last year the timer switch started buzzing loudly when the heater was turned on. I swapped out the timer switch with what I ...
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Baseboard heater - how to fill a hole?
I found a hole inside my baseboard heater, by the dial on the right hand side, right where the copper pipe meets the wall. Can I use regular Great Stuff to fill the gap, even if it’s touching the pipe?...
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Rheem KW-18 tripping breaker
I installed a Rheem KW-18 tankless water heater in the house 3-4 years ago. I have never had an issue other than the lights will blink when the water heater is running. We adjusted to that and it's no ...
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Tankless gas water heater exhaust pipe
I installed a tankless gas water heater about 18 months ago. I used polypro for the exhaust pipe as I understand the MA code to require.
The polypropylene exhaust pipe extends something like 12 inches ...
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How do I remove the cover and caps on my old electric baseboard heaters?
I cannot find any directions or videos as to how to open up my baseboard heaters. A couple of my heaters are sagging off the wall as the screws holding them to the drywall have pulled away from the ...
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Pump well and hot water heater
I have a few questions honestly. I work away on towboats so I'm away from home a lot when things go bad, my fiance contacted me to let me know the hot water heater is leaking in the house and has been ...
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Why is there a small pump on the cold line above my water heater?
Can someone help me understand what I’m looking at and how it works?
Between the expansion tank and my water heater is a T that goes to a Y strainer then a small pump and valve. That line runs ...
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Why is cold water black after water heater install?
Brother in law installed a new water heater today and now all cold water taps and toilets have black smelly water. They ran taps and hoses to try to clear but day later and has not cleared up.
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Question about turning off hot water heater
I have a bad leak in my bathtub faucet. The hot handle. I have a plumber coming but not until the upcoming week. I turned off the water supply to the electric hot water heater and it quit leaking.
My ...
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Do heat pump water heaters need to connect to outside for any reason?
My roommate is considering a heat pump water heater, but the HOA doesn't allow a lot of connections on the outside of the house, so we were wondering what connections are necessary. I heard it's ...
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Why is my house getting warmer despite the A/C running?
Temperatures in my house have been climbing despite the A/C running.
My condenser unit is running, appears clean, and no brush is growing against it. The pipe into the ductwork above the heater is ...
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2 Wire Heating Unit. Upgrading Thermostat to a Smart tsat
I could really use some help here. Recently, my old Honeywell thermostat (2-wire) gave up on me, so I saw it as an opportunity to upgrade to a smart thermostat.
After examining my control board, I ...
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do they make a a exhauster fan for the 3inch double wall hot water exhaust pipe
this is a older home with large trees. at night times we get exhaust gasses from the hot water heater and I would like to find a inline exhaust fan that I can install.
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Pressure spikes causing water heater TPR valve to drip/open
System is a AO Smith power vented 50 gallon gas water heater about 8 years old. 2 gallon Amtrol ST-5 expansion tank (charged to 65 psi) on cold water supply side was installed in December 2022 to ...
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Tankless water heater in line with building hot water
Will a tankless water heater at a bathroom sink on the hot water line shut off once the hot house hot water reaches it?
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Under-sink tankless water heater inlet
I'm looking at installing a mini water heater under my kitchen sink for quick usage. I already have a whole- house tankless water heater in my basement.
I'm trying to avoid having the main unit kick ...
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Can tall built in Kresky back to back gas wall heaters be converted to electric
I have back to back gas wall heaters that share a wall. 68 tall x 18 wide x 3.5 deep. The manifold has cracked and I am hoping to switch it to electric. Is that even possible or do they make electric ...
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Is it okay to reroute this water heater line?
The slab under hot water heater 3/4" hot manifold was leaking, so I decided to have plumber reroute through the attic.
The 3/4" copper that supplies hot water to bath manifold through the ...
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Why do I have 2 ground wires inside a junction box and where do I connect the 2nd one?
On my water heater I just need to know why I have 2 ground wires coming from the inside jct box and where do I hook up the 2nd one?
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Fill Gap on sides to Existing Fireplace for Wood Heater [closed]
Looking for ideas or a solution. Wanting to fill in the gap on both sides of the existing Fireplace for when we install a wood heater. Have put the cardboard in place to see what the gap would look ...
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Water heater leaking between top cap and outer skin
My water heater started leaking at the top. Small streams flow from between the outer skin and the top "cap". No water can be seen on top of the water heater.
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Electric Garage Heater Installation [duplicate]
I've installed 6awg copper wire to a junction box for a future electric garage heater. The heater will eventually hang from the ceiling approximately 4-6 feet in front of the junction box. (See ...
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Inducer motor is not spinning
My furnace is not working. I see that the inducer motor (Fasco 70623925) is not spinning (it turns freely when I spin it by hand though). The motor threatens to run when the heat signal is received, ...
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Wiring thermostat for gas fireplace correctly
Good day,
I'm attempting to wire a Skytech SKY-1001 TH thermostat to a Jotul GF 400 BV propane fireplace. I thought this would be an easy plug-and-play job but so far it has not been.
With the ...
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Wiring infrared patio heater
I am installing a 4000W infrared heater in our new patio. The supply for this heater is a single phase 240V connection (rated at 16amps, so I'll use a 20amp breaker). I would like advice on two things....
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Heater Wire Connection
I just replaced my entire hvac unit and wiring and I wanted to add the Amazon smart thermostat. The ac works great. However, when I try to run the heater, it doesn’t shoot out hot air, only the fan ...
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How would I add indicator lights to a hot water heater to let me know when an element is out?
WARNING TO ANYONE READING THIS POST. DO NOT TRY WHAT I WAS PROPOSING AS YOU WILL GET SHOCKED AND KILLED OR YOU WILL BURN DOWN YOUR HOUSE AND BE KILLED.
Is it possible to add indicator lights to a hot ...
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Why is shower head flow uneven with lots of water not coming through spray holes?
Replaced water heater, so water main was shut off. First time using shower had a lot of water flowing out the side of the shower head, not through the spray holes. Hand held shower head works fine. ...
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Can I use 16 amp rated smart thermostat on 30 amp circuit?
My 3 x cadet (King Electric PAW) forced air wall heaters (total of 3500 W) run off 240V 30 Amp circuit in my condo. My old line voltage thermostat from King Electric ESP-230 just broke and I want to ...
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How can I restore power to a gas-fired water heater protected by a tripped GFCI outlet?
We had some rain that blew sideways yesterday and tripped our outdoor GFCI which is connected to our tankless gas water heater. The orange light is showing and we can’t reset the outlet. I’ve turned ...
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Why does a garage gas heater need 8' clearance from the ground when a home furnace sits on the ground? [closed]
This unit comes at the price of a wall direct vent propane heater but it requires 8' clearance from the ground. Why does it need that clearance when a regular direct vent furnace even with a higher ...
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Hot water works only 10% of the time in kitchen faucet, works fine in other sinks
My kitchen sink hot water works inconsistently and mainly doles out cold water. However, if I turn the hot water in the bathroom sink the hot water starts working in the kitchen sink so I’ve just been ...
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Why does my pilot light on my propane wall heater get really small and after about 5 seconds goes out when I turn the setting up to a 3 or so?
Why does my pilot light get really low and after about 5-10 seconds go out when I turn the dial or setting up to about a 3 depending on how cold it is? I can turn it back down to a lower setting and ...
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Heat stopped working after fixing non-stop fan issue with HVAC heater/air handler unit
I am a home owner with the following issue:
On the first cold day, we turned on the heat and it worked fine, but later we noticed that the fan kept running.
Long story short, I fixed that issue but I'...
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How to fix/calibrate mechanical thermostat that sometimes won't turn on heater?
In my house I have mechanical thermostats that control wall-mounted electric heaters. I have a couple of problems with these thermostats:
Sometimes they won't turn the heater on at all. Even if I put ...
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Water heater exhausting inside house
I have this I think standard gap between water heater and chimney. Due to house being colder inside than outside in summer time, I think the pressure difference is not allowing the exhaust to go up ...
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Blank and Beeping Control Panel for Gas Central Heater (Vulcan/Bonaire)
A few weeks ago, the control panel went blank and started beeping at a few second intervals. This would last a few minutes, then go off by itself, and would happen every other day. This was for the ...
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Is it safe to have a drain in the floor out to the septic tank with no trap?
I had a contractor add an additional bath. When we were planning out the project, he mentioned my lack of a water heater valve drain pan. Instead, he installed a drain directly into the septic line ...
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New pool heater install wiring question
I am installing a raypak natural gas pool heater in my garage. It has dual voltage 120v or 240v. There was a pool heater in the garage at some point, previous home owner removed it. There is a Gfci ...
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Can it happen that with a high hot water output in an electric dual flip-flop thermostat heater the lower thermostat is never turned on?
We have a problem with an electric dual element heater with flip-flop thermostats (only upper element working).
The plumber changed both thermostats once, the heater failed again in the same way, and ...
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Electric Wall Thermostat with Remote Option
I have a an apartment from 1980s, so the thermostats are quite old.
One of them is Marley MD26 Qmark Electric Line Voltage Wall Thermostat x 3.
Plus 2x thermostats that built into the heaters ...
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Is this MWBC setup allowed?
I'm continuing to fix the issue introduced by someone else (Why run the same phase twice to a series of outlet?).
The other room they did has this setup:
a 3-conductors cable brings the same phase ...
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Home electric panel: Two different electric cirtcuits on the same thermostat
Trying to figure out if the electric installation is up to code at my place.
There are two electric circuits :
The first one feeds the electric heaters in the living room
The second one feeds the ...
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Disconnecting 240 hots without disconnecting neutral?
I have a subpanel with two circuits on it, A and B, with 4 wires leaving the panel, two blue, one red, one white. The red wire was on circuit A, 20A single pole, and the two blue wires were on a ...
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How to replace thermal cutoff link in old baseboard heater
My baseboard heater stopped working. It has been working at this house since it was installed over 40 years ago. The breaker didn't trip. Then I tested the wall thermostat which is working fine. I get ...
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Pool water heater wiring
I want to plug my water heater. I have a 240 #10 wire, plugged on a double 30AMP breaker. My wiring, cable and breaker are all OK. But when I opened the box on the heater, I found 5 plugs: L1, L2, ...
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Why does my furnace blower turn on when the thermostat is turned off?
The weather has been nice so we have had our thermostat turned off for about a month. The other night it turned on randomly and started blowing warmer to hot air getting the temperature to 78 degrees ...
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Where should I install a Kolerflo 120W water pressure booster pump?
I have a tankless water heater and the water pressure is not enough to turn the tank on demand causing the water in the shower to be just barely warm. I purchase a Kolerflo 120W to boost the pressure, ...
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Low HOT water pressure - Electric water heater - Cold water inlet clogged?
I have VERY hard water. I replace the lower element and suck out/flush the bottom of the tank at least twice a year. I have very low HOT water pressure. Cold pressure is fine. I took the hot water ...
