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Water and electricity just don't mix

posted by [personal profile] rfunk at 01:20pm on 29/07/2008 under , , , ,
It seems like somehow last month's storm managed to cause various temporary/intermittent/recurring problems with the house water system. First it was problems with the pressure tank. That seems to be fine now, without us doing anything to really fix it.

Now it's the hot water tank. Or was. Over the weekend the breaker for the hot water heater kept tripping. We'd reset it, then a while later it'd be tripped again. Yesterday it was a bit iffy, but seemed better, and today it seems better still.

I feel like I should have somebody come look at it, but I don't even know whether to call a plumber or an electrician (are there even random-house-call electricians?). I do suspect that the water heater needs to be on a 25-amp circuit rather than a 20-amp circuit like it is, but I'm not qualified to fix that; I also don't know how that would only (and temporarily?) become a problem in the last few days.

Maybe this problem will just go away on its own like the last one.... leaving a mystery.
Mood:: 'frustrated' frustrated
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posted by [identity profile] duriyah.livejournal.com at 05:35pm on 29/07/2008
At least we are able to have hot showers now!
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posted by [identity profile] gigglingwizard.livejournal.com at 06:19pm on 29/07/2008
I noticed when I was filling a water barrel yesterday (and had noticed before when filling buckets) that the water from the outside spigot runs only intermittently. It would run for about a minute, then no water for about twenty seconds, and so on until the dry spells were close to a minute long. I thought maybe the well was running dry. If you noticed me out there turning the water on and off a lot, that's why. I'd shut off the valve, wait 'til I could feel the pressure build up again (it vibrates slightly as it's filling), then turn it on for about five or ten seconds until the water stopped, then I'd turn it off and repeat. Once I had about 30 gallons, I got tired of waiting a minute for a five second burst of water. Is it doing that inside, too?
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posted by [identity profile] rfunk.livejournal.com at 06:28pm on 29/07/2008
We were having a lot of pressure problems like that a few weeks ago, but haven't really noticed much of that lately. Argh.
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posted by [identity profile] duriyah.livejournal.com at 06:30pm on 29/07/2008
Yes, it does that inside, too. It appears to be a problem with the pressure tank (the water from the well goes to the pressure tank before heading out to the outside hydrant). Gah. Sorry about that.
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