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The water heater in our house keeps the water too warm. I have the thermostat turned all the way down which is 90F. However the water coming out of the faucet is 130F.
I am assuming the t-stat is bad, are they replaceable on the water heater or do I need a new heater itself. It is a newer GE electric model.
Thanks.
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... check for resistance changing with the different heat setting ...
You won't see any. They're on-off switches.
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Douglas Campbell, P.E.
1986 Isuzu P'up, 177,673.8 miles.
- Hella headlights (highly recommended)
- DOT C-2 back end (also recommended)
- R-12 air conditioner converted to R-406a. Saved ozone and money
- 4.1:1 final drive converted to 3.4:1. Quieter, better mileage but it's a good thing I live in the flat Midwest.
- 9/22/2007, age 21: Still running well when reluctantly sent away for reincarnation, due to body & frame rust.
Sure there is. When the temperature is above the setpoint, it should be off. When the temperature is below the setpoint, it should be on. Hook it up, raise the temperature and make sure it turns off, then lower the temperature and make sure it switches back on.
For a thorough test, it should be hooked up to a load which draws the same current as a heater element. Corroded contacts will sometimes pass enough current to satisfy an ohmmeter but not switch on a heavy load.
I don't know about Hatfield, PA, but the price of electricity is three or four times the price of gas around here. It might be worthwhile to spend your time & energy replacing it entirely.
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Douglas Campbell, P.E.
1986 Isuzu P'up, 177,673.8 miles.
- Hella headlights (highly recommended)
- DOT C-2 back end (also recommended)
- R-12 air conditioner converted to R-406a. Saved ozone and money
- 4.1:1 final drive converted to 3.4:1. Quieter, better mileage but it's a good thing I live in the flat Midwest.
- 9/22/2007, age 21: Still running well when reluctantly sent away for reincarnation, due to body & frame rust.
2006 F350 CC LWB Dually XLT Oxford white manual 4x4 6.0 PSD 6 speed. 4.10 LS front and rear, Built May05. 4" turbo back, 55 gal aux fuel tank. A real pig from a stop, give me 15' and she'll slowly come to life, then watch out!
165K miles, 12 injectors, EGR cooler, Fuel pump, 8 glow plugs, GPCM, FICM rebuilt FoMoCo engine at 150K under 7/200 warranty.
2006 F350 CC LWB Dually XLT Oxford white manual 4x4 6.0 PSD 6 speed. 4.10 LS front and rear, Built May05. 4" turbo back, 55 gal aux fuel tank. A real pig from a stop, give me 15' and she'll slowly come to life, then watch out!
165K miles, 12 injectors, EGR cooler, Fuel pump, 8 glow plugs, GPCM, FICM rebuilt FoMoCo engine at 150K under 7/200 warranty.
The hot water heater I have has only 1 access panel and is on the front of the unit. Removing this gives me access to the temperature control dial which is centered on the unit.
This appears to be the only adjustment on the heater. The heater itself is less than 5 years old as well.
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1997 F-250 PSD crew cab shortbox 4x4 E4OD trans 3.55 gears, aftermarket downpipe EBPV gutted, 20.3mpg, 173,xxx miles
1998 VW JETTA TDI (1.9L turbo direct injection diesel) RC3 CHIP, EGR eliminate, straight pipe, powerplus764 injectors, 53+ miles per gallon! 156,xxx miles
What model GE water heater do you have? I'll see if I can find out?
Only one access panel huh? Haven't seen that yet, but then again I haven't seen everything.
2006 F350 CC LWB Dually XLT Oxford white manual 4x4 6.0 PSD 6 speed. 4.10 LS front and rear, Built May05. 4" turbo back, 55 gal aux fuel tank. A real pig from a stop, give me 15' and she'll slowly come to life, then watch out!
165K miles, 12 injectors, EGR cooler, Fuel pump, 8 glow plugs, GPCM, FICM rebuilt FoMoCo engine at 150K under 7/200 warranty.
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