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I live in an apartment that appears to have been made from a converted house. There is a separate electric radiator for each room, and therefore a separate thermostat for each. There are two thermostats now that I have caught making a buzzing noise... one in the bathroom and one in the bedroom. It isn't an electrical-short, spark kind of noise... it's almost like the buzz of the dryer when it finishes, only a very quiet version of the noise. And it doesn't do it in a predictable pattern, it's pretty sporadic, and usually does a few short buzzes in a row and then stops.

Ideas?

2006-10-04 17:21:00 · 5 answers · asked by Erin 2 in Home & Garden Maintenance & Repairs

It is not an electrical spark noise... I've heard that before and this noise is completely different. I am already planning on telling the landlord about it but I wanted to get some ideas as to what it was.

2006-10-04 17:30:27 · update #1

5 answers

You're playing with fire here. The best option is to let your landlord know that an electrician--not a handyman--is needed to evaluate the situation.

Electrical fires are the worst because they break out in several places at once and come out from the walls and outlets. I would turn them all off until you can be sure there is no problem, which means a report from a qualified electrician at the very least, and an inspection by the local government zoning board at the most.

2006-10-04 17:25:55 · answer #1 · answered by nora22000 7 · 0 0

Probably the thermostat is too old and the contact are worn out
The buzz sound that you hear could be form the sparks that is generated when the bi-metal strip in the thermostat engages or dis-engage from the main power line.

2006-10-05 00:26:03 · answer #2 · answered by JJ2812 2 · 0 0

scary....most of these are simply a normally open contact which closes on reaching the set point for temp...which means if your making a noise the contacts may be trying to "Make" and are indeed arcing to an extent which is dangerous....I doubt if these are electronic coils that are making the noise..unless its a thermo stat im unaware of

2006-10-08 12:53:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

The sound might come from the transformer coils

2006-10-05 01:48:29 · answer #4 · answered by Thilina Guluwita 4 · 0 0

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2006-10-05 00:22:59 · answer #5 · answered by aries 2 · 0 0

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