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Shadow 
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Joined: 17 Aug 2014 Location: Kanata, Ontario Online Status: Offline Posts: 24 |
 Calendar Event: Water heater on electricityPosted: 29 Apr 2015 at 6:17pm |
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Thanks for your quick suggestions
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Shadow
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Joined: 17 Aug 2014 Location: Kanata, Ontario Online Status: Offline Posts: 24 |
Posted: 29 Apr 2015 at 6:14pm |
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Well...... Just rechecked all the water lines in and out of the hot water heater. Both the lines were open as they should when dewinterizing. However I hadn't closed off the bypass valve. It seems when the bypass is left open all we were doing when we turned the tap on was recirculating the hot water with a little flowing into the line to the taps. Closed the bypass and we had hot water immediately.
Oh well nothing damaged but my pride. Shirley |
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2015 R-POD 179 2010 Toyota Highlander |
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CharlieM
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Joined: 23 Nov 2012 Location: N. Colorado Online Status: Offline Posts: 1797 |
Posted: 29 Apr 2015 at 6:11pm |
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Is it not heating much or not heating at all? If not at all it maybe the protective thermostatic switch. There are two over-temperature protectors mounted right on the heater tank, one for gas and one for electric. They are push button resets. See your Suburban instruction manual. Another cause of no heat at all would be a burned out element. Turning the electric element on, even for a very short time, without water in the tank will burn out the element. If it's heating some, but not much, it's probably a defective element.
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Charlie
Northern Colorado OLD: 2013 RP-172, 2010 Honda Pilot 3.5L 4WD PRESENT: 2014 Camplite 21RBS, 2013 Supercharged Tacoma 4L V6 4WD |
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furpod
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Joined: 25 Jul 2011 Location: Central KY Online Status: Offline Posts: 6128 |
Posted: 29 Apr 2015 at 2:32pm |
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If it's not heating, but you have HOT water on gas, it's a good chance your heating element is bad/damaged. Easy to do if the electric side is turned on when there is no water in the tank.
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Shadow
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Joined: 17 Aug 2014 Location: Kanata, Ontario Online Status: Offline Posts: 24 |
Posted: 29 Apr 2015 at 2:16pm |
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Hi.
Our water heater isn't heating very much when on electricity ( yes we turned on the electric switch on the heater unit. :-)) Works ok on Gas. We have an rpod179. And this is our first trip out this season. We've tried the reset button. Amy suggestions would be appreciated. Shirley |
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Water heater on electricity - Event Date: 29 Apr 2015