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SocalTankless
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Приєднався 9 лют 2009
How to descale, flush or clean a Noritz tankless water heater, tankless water heater maintenance
This video is a how to on performing annual maintenance or descale, flushing, flush of a tankless water heater.
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Hi, Jimmy: Here is the Noritz Tankless cleaning program that I like. Clear, easy to understand, and based in Orange County.👋🏾
I’m just getting drips coming out of the hot side. The pump is shooting water in the system but it’s not coming out. I have both of the big valves shut and drain vale es fully open. I do have a water softener but I have also closed that. I’m stumped.
how strong should the pump be... how many GPM?
It has to be able to trick the water heater into running, most water heater have a minimum flow rate of .5 gallons per minute, so at least this amount of GPM, most medium size fountain pumps will work
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The speed of the video and everything else about it was great! Not a handy person so this was super helpful. Thanks for uploading!
Great video! Simple and not too long or too short!
I just want to thank you for your informative and easy to follow video. I was able to follow along and successfully descale my water heater. 😊
Great simple and easy video to follow. Need more like this for other household maintenance projects.
Bro you’re a pro! Such a great video man. I’m flushing tanks for the first time today after 3 years plumbing and this video got me through the first one flawlessly. Thanks! Now to do 8 more 😆
Great video. Probably on the best videos I have seen on cleaning out the Noritz Tankless water heater.... This will be my Go To Video every year :)
Awesome video! Mine is firing up, making gurgling noises, cycles a few times, but the pilot keeps going out. Code 11 starts flashing. It’s 1 1/2 years old, but we have pretty hard water. Any other way to check/clean the filter without draining it? Its also brutal cold, 14 degrees in Tennessee!
How long does it take to flush 10-20 gallons of water through?
This
Fantastic video! Thank you for sharing !
I have a Noritz. I notice the hot water shuts off complietely then 3 or 4 minutes later it starts up again and gets hot. Could that be the until. The other rooms do not are ok. Can you tell me what is causing this?
Will this help with my low hot water pressure?
Perfect video. You just saved me from a $300 plumbing bill. Piece of cake... thanks to you.
Hi Can we use vinigar for cleaning ? Thank u
I will call a technician; however this video will let me know if he's doing the job like it's supposed to be done. Thanks so much for this excellent video. I'm sure that I will one day be confident enough to do this process myself.
Thanks I just did these steps on my 2021 Noritz tankless heater. Appreciate it!
How long did it take before the solution came out of the hot water hose? I don't know how long to wait before it starts coming out.
@@paulettepantoja7298 sorry just saw this. basically you know when the solution hits the heating element when the heater shows a error code number on the display and then i add the solution and it doesn't take long for it to flow through the system and I let it run for 45 minutes then remove pump and flush it out with house water for 8 mins or so.
regarding running the hose from hot water to the closest sink. Can i just run it to the drain floor since I have one there?
Yes, you can
Very well done video. Used it today to do my heater. Was super simple to do.
Great video thank you
This is my go to video to descale my Noritz Tankless water heater. Thank you for making this so clear and easy to follow!
What does it mean if your unit doesn't go into error code 11? Bad gas valve?
Is it a Noritz unit, different manufacturers have different codes. Also, your pump may not be powerful enough to get the unit to try and turn on, I would suggest running a couple hot fixtures in the house to get the unit running, while its heating simply unplug the unit, then proceed from there this will open the valves inside the unit and insure the descaler is getting to the heat exchanger.
Thank you, the video was clear and useful. In your opinion, is the de-scaler worth the cost over just using vinegar?
Thanks for the video! Our Noritz is 10 years old, never been flushed, and started struggling to make hot water just as we're selling the house... now I can do this easy service on a weekend
@@jw3368 It went fine - and easy just as you detailed. I don't think we had much scale actually, and I was surprised how hot the hose got. But all done now
Mine was installed in 2009 and last weekend was the first time cleaning it
A HUGE Thanks for this video!! You kept it simple and easy to follow!
very simple and nice video to do easy way. awesome.. job.
If you ever take this video down I will go back to the old conventional water heater. This is the best video.
I just moved into this house … the water heater is working fine … but the remote controller doesn’t show any power, nothing … it’s dead. But the water does get hot. Any suggestions?
Very good video! Thanks for this!
Have been searching for some time for the instructions to flush the water heater, this Video told me all I need to know to do the job of flushing my tankless Stiebel Eltron water heater. Thank you so much. After watching your video I feel confident enough to do the job.
Thanks for this. Great video. To the point , professional and simple
Why cover the pump with water and not white vinegar?
The descaling solution we use is to be diluted with water.
@@SocalTankless That is NOT what was asked
Question: can I use the same hose instead of new red hose after cleaning the tank? Really new hose to flush final step because mine located at ceiling.
yes, I just run mine out to the street typically
How do we contact you? I have the same problem with the glove box lid on a 2009 acura rl; also the arm rest, and the coat hanger or hand grip in the rear. What is your email and address?
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Thanks for the video anyone want to make some money by FaceTiming me and guiding me through this process I have code 14 on my water heater and I want to try this step before calling someone to check this fuse
I can Venmo half before video and rest after I’m good for it I want hot water back!
This video is succinct, but had every necessary detail. My heater is 16 years old and had not ever been descaled. Our water is naturally soft, so I figured it could wait. There was a fair bit of gunk in there. Thanks for the instructions!
I wonder what it looks like inside heater as we never descaled it since we had it installed over ten years ago. There was a little gritty grey coloured debris captured by the filter but not to an extent blocking inflow.
Hoping you will reply, my noritz unit has error code 16, even after descaling hot water will still shut off. This only happens during the winter time, Summer time hot water never shuts off. Any advice? Thanks.
Sorry for the late response, you will need to perform a gas pressure adjustment as well on the manifold, to be honest I would find a technician to do it for you.
@@SocalTankless hey no worries, we ended up changing heaters haha
Used this video last year to descale a Nortiz tankless and loved it. Was so simple and easy to follow. Searched and so happy I found again and SAVED it this time.. Thank you Mike Kinder for the step by step instructions
You just saved me $$$$ thank you
Thank you! We just purchased a home with a Noritz running on propane. It was installed in 2008, without flush valves or isolation valves. I don’t think it has ever been flushed in the 12 years since. It is running on well water that is very hard. It is working, and does not have any error codes. I would like to install the factory isolation valves, with flush port, and a new relief valve. They have mixed in some galvanized fittings, and I want to repipe it all. Could you list the part numbers for the isolation valve kit, with relief valve and also a link or description of the flush pump that you use? I need to perform this maintenance ASAP. Will the water heater display an error code if it gets too much scale on the tubes? Thanks
3:43 how much liquid And water did u put in the bucket?
1 quart of descaler to 1 gallon of water or follow the instructions on the product your using
Thank you!!! now I feel comfortable doing it myself
Should the code 11 beep the entire time?
Best I have seen
I have never descaled my noritz tankless water heater in 15 yrs. Anothe unit I have never descaled also in 12 years. Is it too late to try or would my efforts now produce good results? Also how often do I need to do the descaling?
Ok , I have a noritz 14 years, just started Not working correctly, it will light and burn for about 5 to 10 seconds and then shut off show error code 71, the factory he’lp line said it’s time to replace it, do you have any suggestions, thank you very much