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Less hot water when gas furnace is on slb622 10-27-2007
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Posted by on October 27, 2007, 8:41 pm

I have a problem that I am not sure how to begin diagnosing. During
the winter/cooler months when our furnace is running, we have a lot
less hot water. Both the water heater and furnace our gas. They both
reside in the same closet and share a gas line that comes in and "T"s
off to supply gas to each appliance.

Has this been heard of by anyone and any suggestions on what the
culprit maybe? It really seems like the furnace is "stealing" gas
from the water heater. The pilot light is never out, so it is getting
gas.

Thanks,

SB


Posted by on October 27, 2007, 9:02 pm
On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 00:41:50 -0000, slb622@gmail.com wrote:

>
>I have a problem that I am not sure how to begin diagnosing. During
>the winter/cooler months when our furnace is running, we have a lot
>less hot water. Both the water heater and furnace our gas. They both
>reside in the same closet and share a gas line that comes in and "T"s
>off to supply gas to each appliance.
>
>Has this been heard of by anyone and any suggestions on what the
>culprit maybe? It really seems like the furnace is "stealing" gas
>from the water heater. The pilot light is never out, so it is getting
>gas.
>
>Thanks,
>
>SB

        What you need is a service tech to come look at it.


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Posted by Megatron on October 28, 2007, 5:31 am

>>
>>Has this been heard of by anyone and any suggestions on what the
>>culprit maybe? It really seems like the furnace is "stealing" gas
>>from the water heater. The pilot light is never out, so it is getting
>>gas.
>
> What you need is a service tech to come look at it.

Or a cop to catch the thief who is "stealing" all that hot water gas.



Posted by on October 27, 2007, 9:19 pm
I don't know if this is your problem or not, but do you have a
humidifier hooked up to your furnace that is hooked up to your hot
water line? If yes, you could re-plumb it to the cold water line
instead. The humidifier would use a little more water but it would be
cold water instead of hot water.






On Oct 27, 5:41 pm, slb...@gmail.com wrote:
> I have a problem that I am not sure how to begin diagnosing. During
> the winter/cooler months when our furnace is running, we have a lot
> less hot water. Both the water heater and furnace our gas. They both
> reside in the same closet and share a gas line that comes in and "T"s
> off to supply gas to each appliance.
>
> Has this been heard of by anyone and any suggestions on what the
> culprit maybe? It really seems like the furnace is "stealing" gas
> from the water heater. The pilot light is never out, so it is getting
> gas.
>
> Thanks,
>
> SB



Posted by on October 27, 2007, 9:38 pm
On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 18:19:11 -0700, bfrabel@hotmail.com wrote:

>I don't know if this is your problem or not, but do you have a
>humidifier hooked up to your furnace that is hooked up to your hot
>water line? If yes, you could re-plumb it to the cold water line
>instead. The humidifier would use a little more water but it would be
>cold water instead of hot water.

        Bwahahahah !!!!


        Bullshit. Check the gallons / hour useage rate of a
humidifier - it's trivial.

>
>
>
>
>
>
>On Oct 27, 5:41 pm, slb...@gmail.com wrote:
>> I have a problem that I am not sure how to begin diagnosing. During
>> the winter/cooler months when our furnace is running, we have a lot
>> less hot water. Both the water heater and furnace our gas. They both
>> reside in the same closet and share a gas line that comes in and "T"s
>> off to supply gas to each appliance.
>>
>> Has this been heard of by anyone and any suggestions on what the
>> culprit maybe? It really seems like the furnace is "stealing" gas
>> from the water heater. The pilot light is never out, so it is getting
>> gas.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> SB
>

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