It seems like every 24 hours or if all the hot water has been used up the thermostat in the water heater needs to be reset. Does anyone have any suggestions. I recently changed the thermostats, heating elements and breaker in the power box. What else can cause this to happen? Other Articles and Posts [...]
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What causes a thermostat of an electric water heater to have to be reset?
July 22nd, 2010 · 3 Comments · Electric Water Heaters
Tags: heating elements · hot water · thermostat · thermostats · water heater
question regarding power loads and a motor?
July 21st, 2010 · 1 Comment · Commercial Water Heater
2)A commercial building has the following electrical loads. A 10 kW water heater, a 10,000 watt lighting system, a 1.5 kW air conditioning unit, three 750 watt heating elements, and a motor load of 7.5 horsepower operating at an efficiency of approximately 80% and a power factor of 0.95. a)Determine the power demand when all [...]
Tags: air conditioning unit · efficiency · electrical loads · heating elements · horsepower · kw · power factor · water heater · watt lighting system
power demand refering to 7.5 hp motor load at 80% efficieny and pf of 0.95?
July 18th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Commercial Water Heater
I have this question that I can not answer… I have no idea where the eff and pf play a role with regards to a motor. A commercial building has the following electrical loads. A 10 kW water heater, a 10,000 watt lighting system, a 1.5 kW air conditioning unit, three 750 watt heating elements, [...]
Tags: air conditioning unit · eff · efficiency · electrical loads · heating elements · horsepower · kw · power factor · water heater · watt lighting system
electric water heater problem?
July 3rd, 2010 · 11 Comments · Electric Water Heaters
I have an electric water heater, and it stopped producing hot water, only cold water comes out of my hot taps. Hubby presed the reset button, but it only heats the water for a short period of time and then it’s back to cold water again. What could be causing this, how can it be [...]
Tags: cold water · electric water heater · heating elements · hot water · hubby · period of time · reset button · short period · taps
Does anyone know anything about electric water heaters and why would one make water hot one day, cold the next
May 16th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Electric Water Heaters
One day my hot water went cold. We thought that it just ran out of the hot water that was in the tank. Well, we waited about a day and a half and it still was cold. So we located the temperature gauge and reset it. Still cold. We tripped the electrical breaker and gave [...]
Tags: heating elements · hot water · tank · temperature gauge
What part on the tankless hot water heater is most likely to fail?
April 24th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Tankless Water Heater
Our ph is 7.8 -8.0 and a very high carbonate hardness. Have to replace heating elements often. Am unable to use a water softener to ease the situation. How does hard water affect the tankless heater? Other Articles and Posts Tankless Water Heaters » Blog Archive » Tankless Systems Installed in Etobicoke Breville BOV800XL The [...]
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