Oil Hot Water Heater Shuts off every two days! Help!

[truthfreesyou]

update: my service guy came and installed a new transformer. he said the porcelain insulators over the wires were cracked, or something like that.. either way, it has now been working perfectly for two days!!!! hooray!! (so far...)

does this make sense? or am i lucky it is working?

 

[Verdeboy]

Are you still getting scalding hot water out of your cold tap?

 

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[truthfreesyou]

Are you still getting scalding hot water out of your cold tap?

we are still getting hot water for the first 10 seconds or so, so i have to say yes to your question. however, the machine is not shutting itself down anymore, so the main problem is fixed.

i think these are separate issues, and the new transformer fixed one...

and my tech told me that the machine does not have a thermostat, so it couldn't be a bad thermostat.

 

[WV Hillbilly]

You said you have had multiple service calls for this problem . If the problem is now solved the first service person should have found the problem . Cracked porcelain on the transformer or electrodes is not hard to see .

 

[Verdeboy]

The only thing I can think of is that heat is escaping from the tank to the cold inlet, and that hot water is mixing with your cold water supply for the rest of the house. Ask your maint. tech about installing heat traps on the tank.