seashoreCM
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- Aug 25, 2001
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Do you have an all-electric water heater? That together with a leak in the hot water plumbing (or in the heater) will eat up a lot of electricity.
Turn off the shutoff valve above the water heater and also flip off the circuit breaker, and verify using a hot faucet that the water flow has stopped. Turn it back on only when you need to use hot water.
Just flipping off the breaker for the water heater will not solve this problem because the leak will cause the tank to become filled with cold water and next time you need hot water it will take an hour to heat the tankful after you flip the breaker back on.
The water heater heat should not be on or enabled when the water supply is shut off because the water heater will self destruct if it kicks on without the tank full of water.
Do you have an all-electric water heater? That together with a leak in the hot water plumbing (or in the heater) will eat up a lot of electricity.
Turn off the shutoff valve above the water heater and also flip off the circuit breaker, and verify using a hot faucet that the water flow has stopped. Turn it back on only when you need to use hot water.
Just flipping off the breaker for the water heater will not solve this problem because the leak will cause the tank to become filled with cold water and next time you need hot water it will take an hour to heat the tankful after you flip the breaker back on.
The water heater heat should not be on or enabled when the water supply is shut off because the water heater will self destruct if it kicks on without the tank full of water.