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Water Heater Thermostat Issues
HaRuMaN:
I have a gas hot water heater. Every morning, before getting a shower, I have to go to the hot water heater and turn the temperature selection knob higher to get the gas to kick on, and then I can turn the knob back to its original setting (fire stays on and heats the water back to the correct temperature).
Any ideas on what is causing this and what I can do to fix it?
DaOld Man:
Need a new gas valve (thermostat), and if it's very old, probably a new heater.
HaRuMaN:
--- Quote from: DaOld Man on November 23, 2010, 09:33:17 pm ---Need a new gas valve (thermostat), and if it's very old, probably a new heater.
--- End quote ---
The heater is as old as the house (about 10 years). Also, we do have pretty hard water.
DaOld Man:
You can try cleaning it out. You might have sediment around the temp probe, insulating it.
Ed_McCarron:
New heater. It'll work, it's cheap, and your gas bill will go down.
Oh, and that whole Mythbusters 'heater going through the roof' thing won't happen.
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