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Can a crack in an electric oil-filled radiator be (relatively safely) repaired?
Take off a bit of the paint around the crack. If there's any visible damage to the metal, including rust, rather than just a crack in the paint, it's effectively trash. Repair is not worthwhile.
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I am supplementing my home heating by setting my oven on low (170 degrees) with a fan blowing into it. What would be the element cycle time?
Thanks to all for the detailed answers!
I live in the Seattle area and have an oil burning furnace. The price of diesel (fuel oil) is around $6 per gallon here thanks to all our carbon initiatives.
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I am supplementing my home heating by setting my oven on low (170 degrees) with a fan blowing into it. What would be the element cycle time?
Do not use electric space heaters
Or ovens, for that matter.
Electric space heaters cause thousands of fires a year - including, unbelievably, the worst railroad accident in Europe. They are not ...
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I am supplementing my home heating by setting my oven on low (170 degrees) with a fan blowing into it. What would be the element cycle time?
Update based on actual issue: $6 per gallon for heating oil - a direct and immediate/obvious cost - vs. $0.12 per kWh.
One key assumption: 0.12 kWh is the total electricity cost and not just the "...
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I am supplementing my home heating by setting my oven on low (170 degrees) with a fan blowing into it. What would be the element cycle time?
The range likely includes a thermostat that turns the element on if the oven is less than 170 degrees, and off if the temperature rises above it.
If you open the oven door and ventilate the oven ...
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Whirlpool oven gas shuts off one second after turning on
The igniter is the flame sensor replace igniter board if problem continues there was a service bulletin about running a ground wire
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Can I install a 240V outlet in my new US home for my UK kitchen appliances?
If your kitchen outlets are wired as multi-wire branch circuits (MWBC), where the top and bottom outlets of each duplex receptacle are on different circuits, adding a 240 volt receptacle is extremely ...
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Can I install and safely use a British 220V outlet on a US 220V split-phase circuit?
First: the kettle will almost certainly work just fine. Some 240V countries are 60Hz, and nowadays manufacturers like to sell their products in lots of places without making multiple versions. So ...
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Why doesn't my dishwasher work after doing work in the electric panel?
Since it seems that you removed the neutral from this circuit and reconnected it without turning the breaker off, I'd speculate that there were probably actually multiple disconnects/reconnects as the ...
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Freezer dripping water
I agree with Ecnerwal and Greg Hill's answers but don't have the reps to comment. Before improving the insulation on the pipe you should defrost and dry it thoroughly**. This could be done while ...
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Freezer dripping water
Ecnerwal does a great job explaining why that line is getting wet. More could be said about how to minimize the effect.
The suction line is cold because that's the tube carrying heat out of the ...
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Freezer dripping water
It's a freezer.
Unless you are defrosting (and the manual confirms it's manual defrost only, as most "only a freezer" units are) it or it's not working it's physically impossible for a ...
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Dishwasher Filling with Water Despite Supply Being Turned Off
More than likely, it's the shutoff valve. They are known to corrode after a number of years and not shut completely. Try disconnecting the line from the refrig with the valve shut as tight as ...
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refrigerator stops working
One common cause (since you don't give much detail on how, exactly, it stops working) would be an unreliable or broken defrost circuit, and ice building up in air passages, blocking fans, and thus ...
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