hot water tag
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Hot water heater Could someone please recommend a suitable economic hot water heater to supply a small laundry at the back of a separate garage. Enough to feed a daily warm wash in the washing machine and tub alongside. Plumber wanted to install an electric hot shower uni... |
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Hot water overflow pipe running My neighbour popped over to tell me our pipe was running down the roof. How does one stop this or do we need to contact a plumber? |
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Hot water - heater/booster - options Our kitchen is just about at the furthest point possible from the gas hot water cylinder. We have to draw off a lot of water before we get the hot coming through. Is there a simple (instant?) electric heater that can be plumbed into the hot water supply (... |
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Moving hot water cylinder-or? I am renovating an old,I think,Keith Hay cottage I'm in, the HWC is in the kitchen,and takes up too much room .Only a little place,69 sq metres thereabouts, so whats cheaper?-move the HWC-not far-about 3 m or extend kitchen wall out by probably only 1-2 m... |
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Hot water pressure We recently had a log burner with wetback installed (although we haven't had this on yet as we are waiting on the CoC to be issued). Low pressure system. Plumbing was replaced, (was an existing wetback system that hadn't been used in years) in |
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Heat pump hot water cylinder We are looking at changing our hot water system and this type is meant to cheap to run. Has anybody got one and what do they think? |
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What's wrong with my hot water cylinder? About three weeks ago my hot water cylinder stopped working and a electrician was called. He installed a new element, thermostat and fuse on the power board. He set the temp to 55 degrees. Before this our hot water cylinder kept up with 5 hot showers a da... |
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Measuring hot water energy usage I wana spec a hot water solar system to my actual usage, how can I measure how many kw/h per month for a few months im using? preferably non-intrusively and cheaply , I dont have much use for it once I have this info. Thanks tim |
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Hot Water Issue - Sparky or Plumber? Hi, Our hot water isn't very hot at the moment - noticed today. Certainly not as hot as it normally is. Would describe it as 'luke warm'. Flow seems to be normal - am wondering if I should be calling a plumber or a sparky? Any thoughts appreci |
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Help with expansion pipe on hot water cylinder our expansion pipe on top of the cylinder keeps freezing with the frosts we are having, its a pain as cylinder is on wet back and wet cant turn fire on while its frozen for fear of cylinder exploding. Any ideas on how we can stop the pipe from freezing, M... |
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Gas hot water So our hot water cylinder which is in our ceiling leaked and the plumber found that it isn't even on a drip tray and quite illegal. He suggested we look at changing to a gas system instead of replacing what we have. Our current cylinder is quite hard to a... |
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Hot water cylinder leak The hot water cylinder sits on a galvanized steel tray (presumably to catch any drips?). That tray has a considerable amount of water in it. It is constantly dripping out of the overflow pipe to the outside of the home. I assume this is exactly what is su... |
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Hot water flow intermittent now zero I see there are a few threads here but can't see exactly our problem. Three days ago the hot water flow stopped/started/stopped but from tonight ~ zilch. We have a gas hot water cylinder. What could be wrong? Thanks |
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Hot water cylinder problems I have had a new water pipe put in from meter to house and now the hot water cylinder has gone cold i have been away for a couple of days to come to a cold cylinder not heating could the the element be blown ? |
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Hot water shooting out of pipe in roof. How do I stop hot water from coming out of the pipe in the roof please? |
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Plumbers / electricians Renhardt instant hot water I have a 8kw 2 phase instant hot water shower that has blown the gasket in the heater and is dripping water. 1/I can have gaskets specially made or is there a service agent for these heaters (or is it too old). 2/ Triton make an in |
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Hot water change costs morning all, just wondering roughly what it would cost to go from a low pressure 135lt cylinder to a 250lt mains pressure cylinder all up, so installed, have been quoted $4000 and just thinking wow, that's alot |
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Gas hot water cylinder has steady drip from drain. Is this something that needs to be addressed and will it be a simple diy fix? Cheers. |
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Gas hot water problem We have recently moved into a new house with Infinity gas hot water. We have noticed when taking a shower that every minute or so the hot water goes cold then back to normal again. We thought (after googling) it might be a water restrictor in the shower h... |
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Rinnai continuous infinity hot water. We recently had a Rinnai continuous hot water infinity unit installed by a plumber/gas fitter. He has installed it in the roof space saying that if installed outdoors they rust quickly and get stolen?! Anyway, in the roof space it went and works fine. BUT... |
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Moving a Hot Water Cylinder Question Anyone done it? Cost? We got a new one a couple of years ago. It takes up living space. I'm wondering about the potential and cost of moving it up into the ceiling (right above it) . Given it probably weighs as much as a large elephant even the poss |
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How2tell what type of pressure hot water cylinder Is there some way that I can tell from looking at my cylinder set up whether it is low, high or mains pressure? (Assuming I have got those options correct). It's in a 100 year bungalow, and I've taken the cladding off the walls around it, but |
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New Rheem Hot Water Cylinder - Overflow Pipe Drip I had installed a new 35L low pressure Rheem hot water cylinder. My overflow pipe (on the roof) now drips cold water intermittently. It is not a lot of water, but my old one never did this. It also only seems to do it in the afternoon and then stops. We s... |
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Can you legally turn hot water temp up or sparky only? Don't want to compromise the insurance. |
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Removed hot water thermostat cover. BANG There was a bang, a rather large spark, and the fuse tripped. There appears to be burning around the thermostat connection, and the spark was enough to burn a small hole on the metal cover. I assume that in removing the cover it touched someth |
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Hot Water Continuous gas hot water system with bottles or electric hot water, pros and cons of both please. |
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Solar hot water heating Want to find out what people have found beneficial and any negatives. I am looking at it and I live in Hamilton and the tank will be inside. Also any companies that have been extremely helpful. |
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A little hot water coming out of pipe on roof A constant dripping of hot water is happening here , not gushing out , a steady drip,Whats the cause of this! Cheers |
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Hot water heating - best option Currently using traditonal hot water cylinder for hot water requirements. Considering more cost effective options like, gas water heating, instant hot water heating, heap pump water heating.All a bit confusing to this single woman. only me at home so cost... |
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Hot water keeps going off The element has been replaced. The thermostat has been replaced twice. The reset switch is still tripping. An electrician has checked the wiring back to the switchboard and said that it was fine. What do I do now! |
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Help - any solar hot water plumbers out there? After spending 8 weeks and over $1000 to have the pump and tempering valve replaced on this Beasley solar system due to very poor performance, my neighbour can now see an overflow from a pipe/valve next to the panels. Have just called same plumber but poo... |
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Solar Hot Water panel plus Gas Hot water Can you use the two of these together, in series!Use the solar gain to warm the incoming water to the Gas hotwater system! |
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Hot water cylinder overflowing My elderly mother is in hospital at present, and while checking her house I noticed the pipe through the roof from the hot water cylinder overflowing quite a bit (slime on the roof where it's been trickling). On checking in the hot water cupboard I fo... |
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Hot water cylinder constantly heating? I've had an electrician in twice to replace teh thermostat on our hot water cylinder, but it seems to work for a month or few before the cylinder starts boiling away constantly again.The water gets so hot it scalds, even when the temp is turned right ... |
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Turning hot water cylinder off during day? And switched on at night. Would that safe power! Since every time you use water during the day it has to heat up again. Or is power actually cheaper atnight as compared to peak hours! |
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Bathroom reno = loss of hot water pressure That must be so disappointing bantamus. Perhaps all the problem is a kink in the pipe or some dirt in the line. A flush would be a good step, not that I know how to do that. I would ask a very good plumber to look at it. Sometimes, just changing the rose ... |
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Before installing solar hot water system think of all the extra bits that can fail. Five year old system here, manufacturer bought out and no parts available, $2300 repair bill. |
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New hot water cylinder Well here goes I brought a water heater on advise from plumber well got five year Warrenty etc rusted out in four years and company will not pay out as they recon water Quality in Taupo is the blame . Where do i go from here big company and i have a |
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Hot water overflowing onto roof It overflows even when the water is cold. I can turn the flow down at the ajax valve but it has to be so low we can't get any water from the hot taps and the water still overflows onto the roof. Any ideas? |
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Low Pressure Hot Water Booster Pump I have a low pressure water system which I would like to keep, but would like increased hot water pressure. I've heard that an electric driven booster pump installed in series with the hot water line is a good option. Has anyone had experience using one o... |
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Gas or Hot Water Cylinder Pro's and Con's We are just starting the build process in Auckland and the designer has put in gas bottles as our heating for the hot water (not using gas for cooking). We will be on tank water and there is 6 in the family. I have received both positive and negativ |
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Hot water flow Plumber installed new Ajax valve and chose to reduce the hot water temperature too. The cost $476. Now I find my at kitchen tap the hot water flow is too slow cam I adjust this easily? |
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Forgot to turn hot water cylinder off hi there, Ive been away over the weekend, and on leaving our holiday place, i was to turn the cylinder off and the water at the main. I did the latter but forgot the cylinder, is this dangerous? should i make a trip back and turn it off? thanks in advance... |
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Turned of water at mains - but hot water still run Afternoon I have turned the mains tap off at the gate, and cold water has stopped flowing, but the hot water is still feeding through. I’ve filled two buckets worth and it ain’t showing any signs of slowing. Ive never encountered this before, to me wh... |
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Who has solar hot water ? Am considering getting a suntrap 300L solar hot water system. We are redoing kitchen and old cylinder has to go. Have considered gas but for a similar price I’m now considering a suntrap system. Anyone out there have one of these? I’m in C |
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No hot water after replacing valve taps The other day I replaced a leaking shower mixer cartridge. To do this I turned the water off at the street then turned a valve off under the hot water cylinder. Fixed the leaking mixer, but when I went under the hot water cylinder to turn the water back o... |
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Hot water cylinder not heating We don’t have hot water (electric hot water) now yes it could be the element, but i had a door sales man come to my door a week ago and I stupidly signed up for another power company. After talking with my Husband, we canceled this contract, change over... |
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Hot Water Cylinder - plumber or electrician? Thanks for the answers guys |
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Gas Certificate of Compliance for hot water system does anyone have an accurate answer to whether or not this Certificate expires at some date after it was originally issued (at the time of installation of the system) ?, and if so, how often does the system need checking/the Certificate need reissuing? Th... |
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Power into the hot water cylinder, hot Switch Hi Crew, Please can you give me a clue to help me troubleshoot or understand a possible issue. We have a hot water cylinder which my wife thinks has started smelling today, I can't smell it, and we still have hot water, but my nose is not that |
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Hot water getting too hot. Recently noticed hot water from cylinder is a lot hotter than before. Cylinder has date of 2001 on it. No adjustment dial, all hidden by metal plate. Please advise best thing to do? Partner is diy ok but safety first too. At moment we have turned power to... |
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Hot water cylinder Tempering valve Hi, is it possible to adjust the tempering valve? Are they all adjustable & if so do you remove the cap to make the adjustments? Thanks |
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Hot water cylinder size? and tapware question? about to upgrade to a mains hot water cylinder - pluber has tried to upsell us to a 250l cylinder rather than a 180l - we are a small family, 2 adults, and 2 year old - is a 250l necessary? also, has anyone tried to powdercoat bath taps? we ha |
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Plumbers New Hot Water Cylinder Am looking for info regarding installing a new hot water cylinder but wanting to move it basically to the other side of the wall (approx 40 cm,) from where the old one is currently installed. I was wanting to know if the pipes need to be or even can be ex... |
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Hot water problems Over the last year, approximately, my hot water goes cold intermittently at very random times. I know some of it is due to usage as I am on night owl and I understand that. But today only one shower in the morning and I had a lukewarm one tonight., checke... |
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Gas hot water system question Almost exactly 5 years ago I had my gas HWC replaced. The bill (Rheem cylinder, lots of fittings and labour came to $3k). One of the replaced items, an expansion valve, has started leaking out the drain pipe - a steady dribble. Is 5 years a reasonable lif... |
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Help hot water question this morning shower was warm and then went to no hot water - went to switchboard and hot water switch had turned off - rcd were fine. we turned hot water switch back on and thought would heat up but is still cold - any ideas please - help! all neighbours ... |
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Hot water cylinder timer. What's involved with getting a timer put on your hot water cylinder to stop it heating during the day? I want to use cheaper night time power, 11pm to 7am,as I have just changed power company,have been doing it manually for a while,but it is such a hassle... |
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Hot water cylinder electrical question The fuse blew , the element is 2000 watt is it a 10 or 15 amp fuse wire replacement? |
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Hot Water Cylinder Fuse Fuse keeps blowing on my hot water cylinder, how do I know what amperage fuse wire to use? Unsure what wattage the element is, has a sticker on the side of the actual cylinder that says "pre-wired 2000W". It's a Coppers 135 litre mains pressure cylinder. ... |
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Electric Hot Water or Gas ? Having renewed the shower in the bathroom there still remains the problem of low hotwater pressure. Which is the best way to go do you think ? Gas or Mains pressure Hot water Cylinder ? |
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Hot water cylinder over running onto roof Question 1. Was it working fine before and suddenly started overflowing? Answer.Yes Replace thermostat. Answer No Question.2.Did you turn up thermostat to get more hot water. Answer yes.Extend overflow pipe about 2ft. A |
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Hot Water Central Heating - Advice plumbers. Wanting to install Wetback wood burner and recover any excess heat via wall mounted radiators. If anybody has spare time can they review this, and add to the drawing? Cylinder is 300L S/S Double coil solar inputs, 3Kw electric element and ther |
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Gas Smell - Infinity hot water system We moved into a house with Infinity Gas hot water (lpg bottles outside) instead of a hot water cylinder 3 years ago. Just today i noticed a slight gas smell when i opened the cupboard where the gas cabinet thing is. I was wondering if this was normal? I c... |
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What would cause a hot water cylinder surface to be colder than it usually is but the water out of the taps to be hot as normal? Our cylinder is normally hot to touch on the surface but the last few days it has become cool to touch but tap water is hot? |
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