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All You Need to Know About Water Heater Repair

The thermodynamic process of water heating, utilizes energy source for heating water above the initial temperature. There are many domestic uses of hot water which are bathing, cooking, cleaning and space heating. Typical household uses kettles, water heaters, pot, cauldrons or coppers, but these types of water vessels don’t produce a steady supply of hot water in a preset temperature. Water heaters or hot water heaters are the appliances providing a steady supply of hot water. Water repair situations affect electric water heaters that involve an understanding of their mechanisms and requiring purchasing of inexpensive parts. In this article, we will share some troubleshooting tips for any water heater problem.

The common problems of water heaters include no water, water is not hot enough, takes too long to reheat, water that’s too hot, noisy heating elements, black or rusty, colored water, foul odor, and leaking pressure relief valve. For water heater that do not have hot water, you need to check the circuit breaker that’s should be a two pole breaker in your circuit breaker panel. Also check the possibility of problem in the limit switch, thermostat or element, as well as lose wires. If there’s no enough hot water coming out from your water heater, check first the thermostat, the heating elements, loose wiring and dip tube. Usually, simple adjustments on the thermostat resolves the problem with too long to reheat water, however if it fails, check possibility of problems with lower elements or lower thermostat, as well as sediment build up in the bottom part of the tank. If the water is too hot, check the thermostat that may be set too high, so locate the thermostat and change to appropriate settings. A water heater that brings out too hot water may be caused by malfunctioning of thermostat or improperly sealed thermostat.

Noisy heating elements may be a result of having the wrong water heater elements or build up of scale on the elements, requiring cleaning or replacement. A dissolved anode or scale build up of elements results to black or rusty colored water, so it is better to clean or replace the elements. Flushing of the tank helps in preventing bacteria build up that causes foul odor coming out from water heater, as well as replacement of the anode rod with a different metal. Repairing hot water heater pressure relief valve is just simple replacing it, and the installation won’t really take more than an hour. If you are too busy to repair your water heater, please contact us so we can help you out.

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