Re: [GSAS-Member] Do heaters die of old age?

[Matt Staroscik <matt@wrongcrowd.com>]

On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 1:56 PM, Shango Los <shango@shangolos.com> wrote:

> Kind of random that they would fail at the same time though.  Maybe one has
> been carrying the other for some time.
>

Neither alone is enough to heat the tank properly on a cold day, so if one
is dead, or both are ailing, I guess that would do it.

It's also possible that one or both has a bad thermostat mechanism. Neither
control dial was never very accurate, perhaps one or both has gotten worse
in the past year.



>
> On Dec 7, 2009, at 1:47 PM, Matt Staroscik wrote:
>
> > It's a 90 gal tank, and they need to keep the tank at most 15F above
> > ambient. (60F house, 75F tank max)
> >
> > I have used these heaters for years already, so it feels like there's an
> > equipment problem.
>
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