Here is an answer to an often asked question. Oil Burner Electrodes can vary from furnace to furnace and are not always obvious with the furnace burner and serial number as burners are sometimes exchanged by service professionals from the original. Therefore the electrodes might have been changed and need to be matched with…
Please be advised that our shopping cart estimates some products. These are mostly large items that require either freight delivery or can not be sized correctly shipping via UPS. We try to set estimates to be close to what actual shipping costs are, but there are times where we just have to guess. When we…
What is the Difference? Submersible pumps, the kind of pump that goes in your well or cistern, are available with two wire motors or three wire motors. There is also another ground wire which is not counted, so if you look at the pump the actual number of wires will be three or four. …
Which size wire and breaker do I need for an electric water heater? The wire and breaker size depend on which heating elements are in your water heater. Find the watt rating for the elements. This rating is usually on a tag on the side of the water heater. It is also printed on the…
How Do I Determine Which Element I Need for My Electric Water Heater? If you run out of hot water faster than you used to, have only lukewarm water or no hot water at all, it is possible that one of the elements needs to be replaced. How to accurately diagnose a faulty element is a…
-what is the difference? Duct tape, ductboard tape, flex duct tape-what is the difference? You might have heard the joke that all a DIY person needs is duct tape and WD40. If something is supposed to move and doesn’t, use the WD40. If it moves and isn’t supposed to, use the duct tape! Before the…
Often we are asked how many BTU’s are in a foot of baseboard heating. To answer this, the following must be considered: is the baseboard heating system electric, steam or water? For this post we limit it to hot water baseboard. Finding (1) the temperature and rate of the water passing through the baseboard, (2) the size of the copper tube…
You just had city water installed, and now your hot water tank is leaking out of the relief valve! The following information will provide steps to help you solve the problem. The first rule to remember is that as water is heated, it will expand. Before getting city water you likely had a pump and cold water…
If I run out of water, can it damage my pump? Submersible pumps are more susceptible to damage than jet pumps. Pumps are cooled and lubricated by the water flowing through them. The impellers of a submersible pump will quickly begin to melt and fuse together when the water level drops below the intake…
I am losing water pressure, how do I find the cause? If you are connected to a municipal water company, call them. If you have your own water source, read on. If you notice the pump is coming on or the pressure reading on the gauge is dropping when no one is using water,…
