A Disappointing Surprise with the Water Heater

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   offgrid, good point.  There are even more switches.  That thermostat box, light tan on mine and about 2"x3", with a round thingy (a legal term, not an engineering term) has even more switching function since it turns the heating system off and on by temperature.  How do you adjust it since there's no dial or digital readout?
Re the NEC, yes, some of it's there to prevent people from sticking their tongues on a frozen lamp post.

To use an over used cliché, at the end of the day, the users manual should adequately explain the switching systems for the hot water heater and it doesn't.  Strictly speaking, the rocker switch on the water heater and the breaker should be enough, but only if they were well explained and the user was advised that the electric and gas functions are as different as a ......[I was going to put in some names of political parties, but out of respect for our very wise no politics policy] ....fish and a house cat.

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	offgrid, good point. There are even more switches. That thermostat box, light tan on mine and about 2"x3", with a round thingy (a legal term, not an engineering term) has even more switching function since it turns the heating system off and on by temperature. How do you adjust it since there's no dial or digital readout? Re the NEC, yes, some of it's there to prevent people from sticking their tongues on a frozen lamp post. To use an over used cliché, at the end of the day, the users manual should adequately explain the switching systems for the hot water heater and it doesn't. Strictly speaking, the rocker switch on the water heater and the breaker should be enough, but only if they were well explained and the user was advised that the electric and gas functions are as different as a ......[I was going to put in some names of political parties, but out of respect for our very wise no politics policy] ....fish and a house cat.
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offgrid Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 23 Jul 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5290	Posted: 15 Oct 2018 at 6:00pm
	Lostagain, lets for sure stay of politics. As to tstat adjustment, you are 100% correct, there is none, on either the propane or ac side, which in my opinion is ridiculous. For that reason, I added a real adjustable digital thermostat (all of $10 from Amazon) on the propane side, which I have a post on. I hated the water waste from our little 30 gallon tanks while fiddling with the hot and cold shower valves so now the temp is exactly where I (actually where my wife ) wants it right out of the hot tap. As I'm never on ac unless plugged in at home I didn't bother with doing the ac side, but it could be done I'm sure.
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