water heater

Hi everyone, Thanks for all the knowledge on this forum! I love browsing and learning here. I am getting ready to replace my old gas water heater with a new heat pump water heater. The water heater is in the garage with no floor drain and with no access to an exterior wall. Therefore, I'm...

In theory, could you do this? Or would it affect the pressure in some way? Not suggesting this for home use, just trying to experiment with something and get an idea for how these work... Sorry if i did anything wrong making this post, I am a new user

Hello - I have an electric water heater. Whirlpool E2F40RD045V. I would like to install a junction box and whip to hide and protect the electrical cord. I need help determining what will work?

My home's plumbing system uses PEX with a "home run" type PEX manifold. The cold water supply runs from the manifold to the inlet of the water heater. The hot water outlet from the water heater first runs (back) to the manifold and then out to each hot water faucet in the house. The furthest...

20+ year old water heater started leaking, was replaced with new one. Pressure relief valve was new about two years ago. Checked its pressure with a tire gauge, seemed fine. Plumber added expansion tank per code. Immediately started hearing loud noises every few hours (randomly), even through...

We had a new tankless hot water heater and recirculation pump installed a few years ago. Everything works great and no leaks. However, I was watching Holmes and the issue of mixed metals in plumbing systems causing corrosion and failures was brought up. This made me think of our setup and...

Hello, I am in need of some advice. My 50 gallon electric water heater was recently leaking at the connection from the cold water supply. That's been fixed, and still no hot water- so I opened up the bottom panel and discovered the insulation was wet. Turned out the leak had caused a lot of...

Have (had) 7 yrs old GE40M06AAG unit. Started putting out lukewarm water. Temp settings not changed (125). Even though the heating elements tested fine as well as the thermostats, changed all out for new. Still lukewarm. Replaced unit with Rheem XE40T06ST45U1. Problem still the same with...

Hello everybody, I thought I’d share with you all how my hot water recirculation project is going. For the water heater I have a Navien-240A. For accessories I got the Hotbutton kit and two Navicirc thermal bypass valves. I set DIP switch #2 “ON” for external recirculation. I set Perameter...

I was casually looking in my basement by the hot water heater and I found leaked water, about 1/4 of a gallon. I don't see it leaking continuously. I have the hot water heater and heating furnace together, not sure if it matters. Not able to find out where the leak is coming from and how much...

I got my new water heater today. Terry was a big help in getting me to understand the strange way that my old one was set up. Between the removal of the old unit, and the installation of the new unit, I went into the W.H. closet to clean up the floor and look around. The electrical panel is...

Howdy. I was fixing a simple leak in our outdoor faucet yesterday. I shut off the main water line to our house but very hot water kept coming out of the outdoor faucet. So hot it had to be from a water heater. I have no idea how to troubleshoot this. *We did have our two water...

I'm looking for any other similar jurisdictions that allow water heater TPR vents to follow a path other than gravity. Have there been any problems reported with Georgia's TPR regulations? Has anyone else followed Georgia? Georgia State Amendments to the International Plumbing Code *Delete...

1. How do I hook up a Watts recirculating pump on two water heaters hooked up in sequence like picture shown? Tank # 1 on right. Tank # 2 on left. 2. Shouldn't that Expansion Tank on the # 2 tank be on the cold side of tank # 1 or is that OK?

I have a Rheem 40 gallon water heater it's got power from the breaker box all the way through the top thermostat the elements and the bottom thermostat I just replaced both elements but for some reason the water is not getting hot both top and bottom elements are 4500w/240v I also replaced the...

My American electric hot water heater (with expansion tank) makes a high-pitched noise when outside spigots are only partially open. This happens with the dishwasher also as I guess there's restricted flow there as well. I've flushed the tank which didn't help and checked the tpr valve which...

We're in Denver and have had the Aprilaire 360 in the wall of the laundry room, humidifying the whole house, since 2005. It's even running now, as we have asthma and use it all year, due to the dryness here. It's a great unit, but it causes "stacking" in the gas water heater and we've already...

Two weeks ago, I replaced my vented gas water heater with a power vent gas water heater, due to venting issues. Since that time I've noticed in all of my faucets and showers, when I turn the cold water on, it's cold to start but then warms up (82 degrees). I've had a plumber in who checked all...

Had a replacement water heater installed this week. The natural gas is supplied to the heater from a 5' black iron pipe. The pipe deflects downward 3" from the T which feeds the 5' pipe, to the end of the 5' pipe where it connects to the elbow that sends the gas to the water heater. With the...