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Wellstone ruled

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22. You might have about 3 months
Sun Jan 28, 2018, 12:13 AM
Jan 2018

of safe use from what you just described. Remember you Home Owners Insurance most likely has a Thousand dollar deductible..

Remember ours doing the same,had to go take care of a sick Sister in Law,and on the way,told my Spouse going to replace that Water Heater before we head back east. Well,we got home 8 hours after I said that,guess what,the damn Heater had blown it's top 3 days before. Lucky our Lawn Guy say water running out from under the Garage Door and shut the Main off at the street.

When I hit the door opener,we had Sheet Rock Tape popping lose as when drove in. And 40k dollars of repairs to take care of. Seven hard days of Demo and Drying out plus treating all the exposed framing to prevent Mold. We got lucky,our Homeowners covered everything but a grand. Remember what I said about that so called Warranty,it still would be worthless toilet paper.

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Yes, that is what I would look at first Hokie Jan 2018 #1
The thermocouple is probably one of the least expensive places to start. Arkansas Granny Jan 2018 #2
Simple stuff first. cloudbase Jan 2018 #3
Thank you all! SHRED Jan 2018 #4
Good luck SHRED Wwcd Jan 2018 #5
Thanks SHRED Jan 2018 #6
I had the same problem. It was the thermal couple. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Jan 2018 #7
First thing,find the Serial Number Wellstone ruled Jan 2018 #8
Thanks SHRED Jan 2018 #11
Most likely it was made by Whirlpool. Wellstone ruled Jan 2018 #12
Sage advice SHRED Jan 2018 #16
Bradford White Wellstone ruled Jan 2018 #17
Mine is strapped to the wall SHRED Jan 2018 #19
Oh yah, Wellstone ruled Jan 2018 #20
I notice it does grumble SHRED Jan 2018 #21
You might have about 3 months Wellstone ruled Jan 2018 #22
So a Rheem and be done with it? SHRED Jan 2018 #23
I don't care gibraltar72 Jan 2018 #9
. SHRED Jan 2018 #10
Wrong. It's the soot deposited on the tip of the thermocouple. Remove the deposit with a NCjack Jan 2018 #14
This works most of the time just use a small fine wire brush if you have one randr Jan 2018 #18
I have had success with a piece of sand paper. But a new thermocouple is cheap and easy to replace. Midnight Writer Apr 2018 #24
One other check... flotsam Jan 2018 #13
I will thanks SHRED Jan 2018 #15
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