Help! No hot water!
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Topic: Help! No hot water!
Posted By: xLUCKYx
Subject: Help! No hot water!
Date Posted: 04 December 2009 at 10:24am
| I have no knowledge in this area whatsoever but our hot water isn't working! It is heating up to warm but that's it.... I have checked the fuse and it is fine - our cylindar is only 2 years old.... hmmm what to do!!?? |
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Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 04 December 2009 at 10:28am
Not on gas bottles 
Might have blown an element? Marisa might know. ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 04 December 2009 at 10:29am
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Call an electrician ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">   [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: xLUCKYx
Date Posted: 04 December 2009 at 10:29am
| No :( Are you? I quite like the idea of gas bottles. We had a power cut day before yesterday too if that means anything?? No hot water sucks! |
Posted By: Mum2ET
Date Posted: 04 December 2009 at 10:33am
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We had our power cut on Tues for 5 hrs and then on Wed morning discovered that we had no hot water- it does suck. I spent most of the day playing around with it and in the end I think it was turning off the main power switch and then turning it back on again that did the trick- didn't discover this until later in the afternoon which meant we had no hot water until Thurs morning (spent the night at my parents).
Hope that helps ------------- Mum to Ella (5) and Tom (2) |
Posted By: didi99
Date Posted: 04 December 2009 at 11:08am
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The power co's do actually turn off/on your hot water to cope with peak times and they can miss turning it back on sometimes. (Although they never admit to it). DP is a plumber and he often tells people to ring them first and ask about it (even though they normally say on no it's not us) then wait a few hours and see if it is getting hotter. Saves paying someone to come out and check it for nothing. -------------  Angel Babies Nov 09, May 10, Dec 10
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Posted By: Hunnybunny
Date Posted: 04 December 2009 at 11:44am
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Another common fault if it isn't the power company- the elements blown.
If its blown you'll find your water slowly gets colder over a few days... Your electrician can change this for you, usually only a 10min job... (the thing taking ages is they have to empty the hot water cylinder to do this) DF is a electrician, I've helped/seen him do plenty of these... It seems to be the most common problem (if you know its not your power) |
Posted By: flakesitchyfeet
Date Posted: 04 December 2009 at 12:05pm
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On your power bill, what kind of unit meterage does it have? ie are you on day/night, controlled, anytime etc? The power companies only control your hot water in some situations, and it's very rarely noticeable, but a powercut certainly could effect the heating of it.
You could ring your power comany, and they may send someone out to look at it, but if nothing is wrong, they'll redirect you to a plumber/electrician and charge you a callout fee. Catch 22 :( -------------  http://lilypie.com"> |
Posted By: palomino
Date Posted: 04 December 2009 at 12:18pm
yup we just had to do ours. Lucky my grandad is multitalented and he did ours. Seemed like a simple fix and has definatly made a huge difference, i hadnt realised how cold our water had been getting. |
Hunnybunny wrote:Posted By: xLUCKYx
Date Posted: 04 December 2009 at 12:58pm
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Thanks for the tips ladies! Well I rang the power co and they are sending someone over so hopefully it won't cost but the most we will have to pay is the $50 call out so not too bad.
Mum2Ella - we had a power cut on Weds too so maybe it is to do with that? Although we did already fiddle with turning off and on etc... Flake we are just on an anytime plan :) |
Posted By: Bobbie
Date Posted: 04 December 2009 at 1:35pm
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Are you on the Shore? Because every time there is a power cut over here our water goes off for longer than the power does.
That big storm that we had a few years back resulted in us having no hot water for 4 days even though our power was only out for a few hours. -------------  
 
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Posted By: xLUCKYx
Date Posted: 04 December 2009 at 1:38pm
| I am out west but we are possible on the same 'grid'? I have never experienced the water going off before though and an all I can say is what a pain and for us it's only been about 24 hours..... |
Posted By: Bobbie
Date Posted: 04 December 2009 at 1:40pm
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Yep our last one was 2 weeks ago - not fun! Luckily it was fixed by midday and we only noticed at 7am. -------------
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