Water pump short cycling, how to fix
Hello everyone, I have a new to me 04 Alpenlite Aspen 28RK, and I'm a little worried about the way the water pump runs. First and foremost, this is not the original water pump, as the manufacture ...
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Routine maintenance of the water heater.
Turn off water to the heater. Either turn off pump and city water or use heater bypass valves.
Remove drain plug and replace with a short length of 1/2 inch Pipe.. Plastic or metal does not matter.
Manually open TPR valve (the thing at the top on the otside of the thing
STAND BACK you will get wet and if it's hot water it's not fun.
Once it's drained flush out as much curd as you can flush out (use one of those flusher tools.. You may need to remove the pipe less you used thin wall tubing.)
Replace plug. if it's a anode inspect and replace with new if needed..
Open the valve you closed to cut off water and see if it helps. NOTE if using pump iot will run for some time re-filling heater.
This may solve short cycling. If it does I can explain why
Turn off water to the heater. Either turn off pump and city water or use heater bypass valves.
Remove drain plug and replace with a short length of 1/2 inch Pipe.. Plastic or metal does not matter.
Manually open TPR valve (the thing at the top on the otside of the thing
STAND BACK you will get wet and if it's hot water it's not fun.
Once it's drained flush out as much curd as you can flush out (use one of those flusher tools.. You may need to remove the pipe less you used thin wall tubing.)
Replace plug. if it's a anode inspect and replace with new if needed..
Open the valve you closed to cut off water and see if it helps. NOTE if using pump iot will run for some time re-filling heater.
This may solve short cycling. If it does I can explain why
