On Feb 17, 6:46*am, Bubba wrote:
On Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:29:54 -0800 (PST),
wrote:





I got the orifice in fromWhirlpool. *Put that on and continued to
follow the directions. *The directions where not very good and I got
confused on what the thermocoupler adaptor actually was and I stripped
out the thermostat trying to screw it in. *Now I need a thermostat. *I
calledWhirlpooland they are charging me $120 to send me the part. *I
tried to reason with them saying they sold defective water heaters and
now they expect ordinary home owners who are not too handy to install
the conversion kit themselves. They would not pay for a plumber, so at
least they could do help the guy trying to install the conversion kit
with no experience working with water heaters. *Did not work,so now my
only recourse it to not buywhirlpoolproducts, and hopefully install
the thermostat correctly when it gets here.

If you have not heard about the problems withWhirlpoolwater heaters,
they have there own website and technical support phone line just to
support this model number which is below:

http://www.flamelocksupport.com/

But with your thinking...........
If you had a new heart valve put in your body 1 yr ago and found out
it was defective and you could get your hands on a new one, would you
try to install it yourself having no training in the medical field?
What makes plumbing any different?
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For the record I would not try to install my own heart valve. I am
having trouble geting my water heater to work, but I don't think
anyone is going to die from it. No doctor would supply directions for
a patient to perform their own heart surgery, but Whirlpool is
supplying directions for home oweners to install the conversion kits.
I tried and failed, so now I am calling in the professional.