On 9/4/2014 3:02 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
Oh so annoying! I had called the plumber because it was getting to
where our replacement water heater had to be lit once a day. Initially
we had a new one installed on New Year's Eve, 2009. It worked for a
while but then I had to keep relighting it. At first it was perhaps
every three months, then every week then like every half an hour.

They never could find out what was wrong with it. They replaced every
part they could and finally just gave us a new one. And it was fine at
first. But the same problems started happening up until now! I just
relight it perhaps 2 hours ago when daughter took a shower and ran out
of hot water. I had gotten to the point of being OCD in checking it to
make sure it was still lit. And it had been the last time I looked.
And even though it is a 50 gallon tank, apparently when it goes out, the
water cools very quickly.

So I relit it, called the plumber because it was getting to where I had
to light it daily. Plumber asked me some questions about it and I had
to go out there to look at it. And it it wasn't lit! So it went out
less than 20 minutes after I lit it. And now it won't light at all.
Grrr... Grrr... Grrr...

I am sick of this. And they can't do anything about it tonight. Guy
said he could come out here but I would have to pay $150 just to get him
out as it would be after hours charges. But he had no clue whether or
not he could do anything about it tonight. So... We wait.

Only thing I can figure is that it might be the venting. That is the
only thing they didn't check. They did say that the last one wasn't
drafting properly or something like that.

I thought maybe that it had something to do with humidity. We had a few
humid days lately and it seemed to go out when it was humid. Then the
torrential downpour throughout the night last night that knocked the
power out. Amazingly enough the thing stayed lit through all that.

I'm very sorry to hear. Must be annoying. Did you want to ask
the folks on this list for ideas? Maybe someone will have
ideas what to check.

I can think of one or two, but you didn't ask.

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