Your water heater is usually set to operate at 120 to 130 degrees Fahrenheit. At that temperature, the water is hot enough for your basic needs and to kill all the pathogens in the tank but will not scald. Hot Water Suddenly Very Hot: Causes and Solutions – A Brief Summary Causes Solutions How Do … Read more
Hot Water Just Lukewarm: Causes and Solutions – A Brief Summary Causes Solutions 1.Tripped Breaker This problem will affect electric water heaters. Every appliance in your house has its own dedicated circuit breaker at the main electrical panel. In case of an unsafe condition like a power surge, the breaker will trip shutting off power … Read more
Replacing a water heater before it completely fails is a smart thing. Not only will a ruptured water heater cause destruction of property, it can also injure or end human life if it explodes badly. So, how long can a water heater last? Or how do you know it’s time to replace your old water … Read more
A water heater (if properly working) will always have hot water in the tank. The thing about hot water as opposed to cold water is that it expands. When the hot water expands, it exerts pressure inside the tank. This is nothing to worry you since the water heater is made of thick steel, which … Read more
A water heater pilot light that won’t stay lit is almost always caused by a bad thermocouple. It fails to send a signal to the gas valve to open up, meaning gas does no flow to the pilot and burner. It could also be caused by a faulty gas control valve or tripped thermal switch. … Read more
Whether you are using a gas or electric water heater, you will at some point encounter problems with it. Of all those problems, lack of hot water is the worst I can think of, save for the rare explosions. There is a difference between having no water in the house and having hot water, which … Read more
If your hot water runs out faster than it should, it is a sign of a bad lower heating element, broken dip tube or mineral deposits at the bottom of the tank. Replacing the heating element or dip tube, or flushing out the sediments from the tank will in most cases fix this problem. The … Read more
Water heater elements will need to be replaced at one point or the other. The frequency of a water heater element replacement depends on the hot water demand rate, quality of water and the quality of the heating element itself. Modern water heaters (above 40 gallons) will have 2 heating elements while old and small … Read more
A water heater that is not heating water is easy to troubleshoot as I will outline in this post. Even when you have to replace something, the replacement part will be cheap and easy to replace. In brief these are the reasons why an electric water heater is not heating water: Most electric water heaters … Read more
An electric thermostat will most likely have 2 thermostats, an upper and a lower thermostat. Both thermostats are concealed using a metal cover plate secured to the water heater using one or two screws. The function of a water heater thermostat is to turn the power to the heating element on and off. It does … Read more