Maintenance & Repairs - November 2007

I suspect that hot water can flow ,through the valve, ;in extreme cases of pressure differences; , when I set it for cold water only. My gas water heating bill magically jumped-up by 15% by simply up-dating to single lever faucets! Has anyone else experienced this?

2007-11-01 05:31:34 · 6 answers · asked by racer123 5

I am trying to work on a light switch in my new house. After turning the power off to the room in question (from the circuit breaker) and unscrewing the plate off the switch, the pen still lights up (faintly) when I touch it to the wires inside the switch. Is this normal?

In addition, get this: I turn the power back on at the breaker, and just for yaks, I touch the pen to the outside screws (the ones that hold the cover plate) and the pen still lights up! There should not be any voltage there, should it?! I mean, I can touch those outside screws and nothing happens!


Dragos (electrical work wannabe newbie)

2007-11-01 04:06:36 · 5 answers · asked by Dragos 1

2007-11-01 04:02:43 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

Our new water heater has turned our water into black, greasy water that smells like poison fumes. I called the company and they said we needed to install a mixing valve and an anode rod. They said it needed to be drained and then refilled adding in 1.5 gallons of bleach to flush it through.
They said the reason this is happening is, our well water which is rusty is not mixing with the aluminum anode rod.

Does anyone have any ideas on this?
Thanks

2007-11-01 03:16:40 · 5 answers · asked by Char B 2

2007-11-01 02:06:38 · 12 answers · asked by bett 1

2007-11-01 01:39:52 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous