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Thermostatic Mixing Valve
According to the installation instructions (PDF)
Let the water flow for at least two minutes to allow supply temperature to stabilize.
Calibrate the mixed water outlet temperature by placing a thermometer in the mixed water stream.
To adjust the setting of the valve, loosen locking cap screw with hex wrench, see ...
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If you are on a public water supply, there may be water test results already published on a quarterly basis.
If you are doing your own testing, generally an environmental testing company or consultant (rather than a plumber) - in many cases you can save money if you can follow directions carefully and take the samples yourself, for testing at their ...
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If you're going to flush the hot water heater you might as well turn it off and then take a shower or do a load of laundry. That way the water will only be lukewarm when you flush the tank and you won't throw away water you already paid to heat. Then you don't need to worry about the type of hose (or worry about spilling scalding water on yourself).
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How often does your heating system spring a leak? It's not particularly often in my (long) experience with closed-crcuit hot water heating systems - less than once per 20 years, I'd say, and usually with some outside cause. In general, it is a waste of money to remove/replace a system that's working. To address one of your "benefits" - where do you suppose ...
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You don't. Let the dishwasher do it for you.
I have read in a maintenance manual that the ideal temperature for incoming water to a dishwasher is 150F.
Was it a maintenance manual for your actual dishwasher? If not, I would ignore random advice (no better than advice from some stranger on the internet...).
Most dishwashers now automatically heat water ...
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What you describe sounds like a Gravity Fed Hot water re-circulation system.
It's designed to keep hot water available at the kitchen sink without having to flush cold water out of the pipe first. The trade off is waste heat because the line out to the kitchen sink in your case is always kept hot.
Sometimes these systems have a pump, but they don't need ...
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While there are "hot water hoses" and you'll pay a pretty penny for them if you want more than the standard 5 feet or so that washing machine hoses are, you can use an ordinary garden hose.
Why? No pressure. You don't (or shouldn't) have a nozzle on the hose, so it should not be subject to much pressure. Also, you are draining from the bottom of the tank, ...
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As I suspected, the code you're referencing is from the National Fuel Gas Code. I was not able to find anything in National Electrical Code, or International Residential Code that mentions this in the context of electric appliances.
So this code only applies to gas water heaters, and only those that are not listed as flammable vapor ignition resistant (FVIR)...
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As @tyler durden comments, this may be an issue with the drain, but it is very unlikely that there is no trap. A more likely scenario is that a partial blockage or obstruction of either the drain line or a vent line is causing a siphon action that is preventing the trap from maintaining a water seal. Another possibility is that one or more drains have been ...
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No. As you seem to be aware, Roxul is a mineral wool product, and mineral wool is fireproof. You're right that it will "trap the heat" but this is exactly what you want and the result will be less heat transmitted to the surrounding wood, not more. Mineral wool is actually one of the few materials you can safely use for filling these kinds of spaces. Proceed ...
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It would be rare indeed, and obviously it would matter what your specific brand and model was.
In general, assume no. If you want a warm-water wash with a broken hot water heater, heat up some water on the stove and pour it in as the machine is filling.
On the other hand, you might find that you can get perfectly decent results with cold water.
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Since you have a flue I assume it is either gas/propane or oil fired. Most water heaters have cover near the base to service the burner or the igniter. First shut off the fuel source. If you remove the cover you should be able to look inside with the aid of a flashlight. Most burners are round and you may find that the cap has fallen into the center and may ...
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A - Expansion tank. This prevents the pressure increase due to heating water, from damaging the plumbing. The tank is filled with air, that is separated from the water by a bladder. When the water expands due to heating, water compresses the air absorbing the pressure.
B - Check valve (or back flow valve). This is designed to only allow water to flow in one ...
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The symptoms you describe are consistent with a failed lower element.
An electric water heater typically has two elements (and two thermostats). Only one element operates at a time.
Under normal operating conditions, the lower element will turn on when water is drawn out of the top of the tank and cold water enters the bottom of the tank. When this water ...
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No method is "instant" but there are long-used and accepted methods of recirculating your hot water piping system back to your water-heating appliance, which keeps the line at least warm (or hot) depending on the chosen method. Another alternative is "point of use" water heaters at each user location, this is common in some european countries and is gaining ...
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Absolutely. It will cost you more money to run the hot water heater, but you will have usable hot water for longer. You can calculate the additional time simply as well, it's an algebra mixture problem. I hated algebra, but let's walk through the math anyway:
Let's assume your cold water is at 10°C.
You want the output to be 43°C
Your tank holds 200L.
...
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TLDR: there aren't that many things that handle electricity in a water heater - a couple of switches (unlikely to be them) and a big heating element. None of these parts are expensive. Why not just fix the heater? I don't know how to fix a heater but I know how to change a breaker - that's an effect my father referred to as "rearranging deck chairs on the ...
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I've been looking into a heat pump replacement.
You said "However, when the heat pump is in heating mode, the exiting refrigerant line is actually colder, not hotter, than when it enters. As a result, you cannot heat water during the winter."
That will depend on the location of the internal connections. The HP models I have seen with a desuperheater ( hot ...
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The most likely reason is a degraded/broken dip tube in the hot water heater. If this were the case, there would likely be little bits of plastic in your water, which perhaps could be seen if you removed a faucet aerator. To replace the dip tube, the cold water inlet must be removed, and the new tube installed. One related cause is if the inlet and outlet ...
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I have experienced the same problem. My intake frosts over and the furnace shuts down with a differential pressure fault. The cause is; when the intake air temperature falls below the dew point the relative humidity of the intake air becomes greater than 100% which means the moisture in the air will condense or precipitate out of the air onto anything that ...
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This depends on the shower valve you have.
On some there is nothing you can do short of replacing it. On others there are pressure balancing settings that you can change and these should be adjustable once you take off of the trim. Most of the time they are right in front and you will see notches.
For American Standard valve they call it the "hot ...
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I did this very thing (replaced copper with PEX for baseboard heating). But I did this because my copper had frozen and split in about 200 places.
So, if your copper is shot, I'd replace with PEX. But if the copper is fine, save the hassle!
But if you do decide to do it, some tips:
Sharkbite connectors are great and make it super easy to connect copper ...
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Since this is a common facility for your tenants, it should be installed in such a way that neither tenant is paying for the gas or electricity required for the washer.
If there is no common hot water heater in the building, then you should do the following:
Have an additional electric meter installed to supply electricity to the common areas of the ...
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Your 200 amp service can supply your 150 amp water heater. But will anything else in your house require power at the same time? Such as a microwave, room or house heater, room or house air conditioner, stove or oven? Have you considered using the 24 instead of the 36?
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You need to use dielectric unions between the copper pipes and steel water heater. They prevent electric current from flowing through the metal, which prevents galvanic corrosion.
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In the normal faucets and showers in your house, the valves governing the flow of hot and cold water are before the mixing of the two. Even when these valves are wide open, the water pressure will decrease across these valves, so that where the water mixes is at a substantially lower pressure than in the source pipes. This prevents the mixed water from ...
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It's heating the existing water in the tank. And the tubes between the pump and the tank don't carry water; they carry refrigerant. The pump heats the refrigerant using the latent heat of the well water. The refrigerant goes through a large coil in the tank, heating the coil. The coil is immersed in your soft/clean water.
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All fuel burning devices need an air supply. In the case of direct vent appliances, there is an air intake to be plumbed to the outdoors as well as an exhaust pipe. This assures that the appliance is not drawing air into the house through windows, doors, etc. defeating weatherization and sealing. The combustion chamber in DV appliances is closed and ...
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Model the water heater as a continuously stirred tank reactor (CSTR), so it is always at a uniform temperature. Assume the recovery time is not dependent on temperature and completely accounts for insulation losses and the like. Neglect losses in pipes and assume the operator controls the shower temperature to 105°F perfectly. Taking the stopping criterion ...
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If they've already checked everything outside your unit, then the next thing to check is the mixing valve in your shower. Especially since your sink water gets hot enough.
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