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Posted by on January 25, 2007, 9:33 am
Buffalobill. THANK YOU for the link!!! it is nice to have a diagram to
see what the heck I am looking at in the first place. Actually shedded
some bright light on a few things. Thanks again for the reply!!!!
> http://home.howstuffworks.com/how-to-troubleshoot-a-hot-water-and-ste...
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> On Jan 23, 9:12 pm, jimduhaim...@gmail.com wrote:
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> > PLEASE HELP!!
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> > Background ... Just bought a house, so I do not know the history. What
> > I do know is I have a Freddy Krueger oil furnace in the basement
> > handling the hot water and heating duties (Huge ... 54"w x 30"d x 54"h)
> > Found documents from furnace .. 1952 original with house!! The heat
> > works great, not to mention heating the basement nice and toasty.
> > Problem is with the hot water. No hot water heater, so it is coming
> > from the furnace, as i mentioned. The cold water pressure is great,
> > which is the driving force of our faucet water pressure. When hot
> > water only is on ... it takes 3 minutes to fill up a gallon jug (no
> > joke) and about 40 seconds of that water to start getting hot. Typical
> > is running the shower for 3-5 minutes before being able to jump in.
> > Money down the drain, literally. (one thing that works is turning up
> > the hot water temp so the little water that comes out warms the strong
> > cold water pressure to where it is usable ... just FYI for people with
> > similar problem)
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> > What to do?? Now I checked this when the furnace is not actually on,
> > so the water flow should be dedicated to normal hot water use. Also,
> > there is a faucet just as the pipes come out of the furnace. Figured
> > if the flow was strong, the pipes would be full of mineral deposits.
> > BUT, the flow is the same (not to mention the faucet is leaking because
> > I disturbed it). So it must be the furnace hot water output, no?? Or
> > how / is it possible to get more hot water pressure? Would love to
> > change to a smaller furnace and reclaim my basement, but I heard these
> > old ones are work horses that I should run until it dies. And the bank
> > account likes to hear that, so ...
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> > Is there anything I can do to increase my hot water pressure???
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> > Thank you very much in advance ... and my water bill can use a break
> > :o)
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> > Jim- Hide quoted text -- Show quoted text -
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