Hot water system problem
Submitted by big john on Sat, 2017-07-01 22:25
I've got an 18 month old Rheem Stellar continuous gas hws, the unit is full of hot water but I'm not getting any hot water coming out of the taps in the house.
Any body got any advice on what it might be? Lovely weekend for it too, lol.
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little johnny
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John type in your system
Name on net. Just tried it then ,gives you few reasons why your not getting hot water. Bored on night shift:):)
big john
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Tried
Tried that already Johnny, most of the faults are related to the pilot light going out. My light is on and the water is hot, it's just not flowing into the house.
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I typed in (no hot water
Flow from rheem Stella ). Came up with fair few things. Water supply. Isolation v/v. Some solinoid recirc v/v. One thing for sure it's not continuous hot water good luck.:):)
big john
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Plumber
yeah i reckon it's a bloody plumber job.
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little johnny
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Bugger
150 call out fee. Parts and labour $$$$. If it wasn't late I would have phoned my plumber mate . Good luck
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I have a mate who is a
I have a mate who is a plumber in midland his name is Mick 0404332174 he should be able to help and pretty cheap, may even swap u Labour for a fishing trip! Tell him you got his number from Adam the gyprocker!
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We had one of these and had
We had one of these and had to get a plumber our for a look , when he came and took the inspection panel off there was a big frog in there that jumped out onto his face lol. Me and the missus have never heard sucha scream of terror lol.
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Sounds like the tempering vakve
Big John does your unit have one of these valves http://www.rmc.com.au/products/tempering-valves/ most likely the problem especially if you have hard water. You can try and adjust in and out and that can help but if not call a plumber to repair or replace it I would do it for you for some jigs but been in Kalbarri for the last week and staying with a mate in Gero for a couple of days.
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Valve
Cheers mate, I'll go have a fiddle that again. I'm assuming that even though you can wind it in and out that internally it might be stuffed. Does that sound right?
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Offer
I'll remember that offer for future plumbing work.
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Temp valve
Id say it's your tempering valve bj. Plumber job unfortunately, but not a big one, maybe 15mins.
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That was my thoughts
Valve or solenoid, tap with hammer??
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Put your suburb up Bj might
Put your suburb up Bj might get lucky with a plumb not far away that could do the righty ..
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big john
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Bloke
Got a plumber coming around this morning. I wound the valve in and out, tapped it with a hammer but still no good. Hopefully its only a quick job.
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For your reference
if your relatively handy (which you make your own jigs so you must be) they sell those tempering valves at Bunnings. Provided you can get the same type, it is a screw on screw off setup really.
From everything you have written, definitely sounds like the problem. Basically they are an internal spring loaded type of valve, which allows a portion of main pressure cold freshwater, to the mix with and push out the hot water from the hot water unit. Mine packed it in about 2 years ago and once they are stuffed, they are generally stuffed!
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Cheers for that
Thanks scano, I'll keep that in mind for next time. Also just found a leaking toilet so I'll get that sorted at the same time.
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