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Posted by Ed Pawlowski on October 12, 2009, 10:12 pm
> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>>> Passing my heater this morning, I grabbed the inlet and the outlet
>>>> pipes on the water tank to see the temperature differential. They were
>>>> both hot.
>>>> There is a valid reason for this. I'll post the answer later for anyone
>>>> that cannot figure it out.
>>> Run the hot water for a second and the cold pipe will get cold. Heat
>>> rises and a sitting tank is bound to have hot water rise in the cold
>>> pipe by convection. Also the pipe inside the tank that brings the cold
>>> water to the bottom of the tank may be broken off.
>> Nope, water was running. Hint: that helped make it hot
> In a standard tank I am correct. You need to better explain your setup if
> you have a clue.
The purpose of me asking was to see if anyone could figure out it was not a
standard tank. Sorry that went over your head.
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Posted by Jesse on October 12, 2009, 10:50 pm
Your Dip tube is gone. Jesse
On Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:11:31 -0400, Van Chocstraw
>Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>>> Passing my heater this morning, I grabbed the inlet and the outlet pipes
>>>> on the water tank to see the temperature differential. They were both
>>>> hot.
>>>> There is a valid reason for this. I'll post the answer later for anyone
>>>> that cannot figure it out.
>>> Run the hot water for a second and the cold pipe will get cold. Heat rises
>>> and a sitting tank is bound to have hot water rise in the cold pipe by
>>> convection. Also the pipe inside the tank that brings the cold water to
>>> the bottom of the tank may be broken off.
>>
>> Nope, water was running. Hint: that helped make it hot
>>
>>
>In a standard tank I am correct. You need to better explain your setup
>if you have a clue.
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Posted by Stormin Mormon on October 11, 2009, 7:38 pm
Broken or missing dip tube does some strange things.
--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
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Run the hot water for a second and the cold pipe will get
cold. Heat
rises and a sitting tank is bound to have hot water rise in
the cold
pipe by convection. Also the pipe inside the tank that
brings the cold
water to the bottom of the tank may be broken off.
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Posted by Stormin Mormon on October 11, 2009, 7:37 pm
Because the man was too short to reach the elevator button
to the 20th floor.
Oh, sorry. Right answer, wrong question.
--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
.
Passing my heater this morning, I grabbed the inlet and the
outlet pipes on
the water tank to see the temperature differential. They
were both hot.
There is a valid reason for this. I'll post the answer later
for anyone that
cannot figure it out.
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