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Is your temperature gauge reading Celsius instead of Fahrenheit?

@@johngulbronson969 Fahrenheit ... now I have a 50 watt bulb in the refrigerator and the freezer is at -20F and refrigerator at 21F. I have the freezer set to max cool and refrigerator to minimum cold.

Try a 7.5 watt bub. We have had a mild winter and my garage has not gotten very cold. I have been able to maintain around zero degrees in the freezer and 36 to 40 in the refrigerator with the lower powered bulb. Adjust your freezer and refrigerator settings until you get the desired temperatures.

@@johngulbronson969 Thank you - I assume you are using a CFL style bulb at 7.5W consumption rating? That rating of bulb seems to be a little more challenging to find but as the fridge seems to be running decently again, I may just stick with the 13W bulb and only have it come on once the temperature in the garage is 45F, which should make better use of the bulb I have which you had recommended. Thank You.

Yes. Most refrigerator/freezer units do. I will have to make some adjustments based on the temperature fluctuations in my garage

What kind of bulb are you using now ?

turn off the inlet water valve and open the cold water drain valve. Turn off the hot water outlet valve and open the outlet drain valve. Make sure your caps are removed. This should drain your water heater, Hook up your circulation pump to the inlet water drain and put a drain hose from your output drain into your vinegar bucket. Submerse the pump and plug it in. The pump should power the vinegar up through the cold water drain, through the water heater and out the hot water drain back into the bucket. Unless you have a defective ball valve on either of the drain ports, the vinegar should flow freely.

@@johngulbronson969 Thank You John, much appreciated. Best Always.

Not sure. The light bulb works great and is cheap

Cleaned fan, blew put with air hose, due to mod dobbers clogging the air flow up & the fan became out of balance, fixed the issue. Just need to put a mesh cover of the outside vent to eliminate the muddobber nest.

@@jopo9359 Hopefully these two actions will fix your issues. If your fan is cleaned you should not hear the vibration while in use.

My water heater is in the basement. The installer located the air inlet/outlet pipe as close to the unit as he could. I don't think it being located higher off the ground would add any value. The most important thing is to put the mesh lining over the pipe to keep out debris that could affect the operation of the unit.. I recently flushed my unit with vinegar and everything has been working well.

Just type in Remote temperature monitor in Amazon and you will have many options to choose from. I replaced my initial unit with one that has 2 remote sensors. The receiver has a magnet on the back that I mount on the outside of my fridge. Now I can read the temperatures without opening the fridge door.

@@johngulbronson969 Curious as to what unit you went with that has the two remote sensors - would you mind sharing the unit you are using as I would like to consider a similar setup. Thanks in advance.

@@Ebaldacc It is something I picked up off of Amazon. I suggest checking out the site and selecting one. They are all Chinese made and the one I bought is no longer on the site.

@@johngulbronson969 Thank You - I managed to find one that actually does three different transmitter readings - too all good there!

You can flush as often as you like. I can do it every two years or so based on the quality of my water. I find that the biggest issue is particulate matter in the fan and manifold.

Glad that it worked for you.

It was around zero outside last week and 35 degrees in my garage. It worked just fine. I have had my garage get as low as 20 degrees a few years ago and it also worked fine.

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Love this "hack". I used your suggestion for a 3 minute, $0 "fix". Thanks.

I do not believe it matters. Start out with the 12.5 watt low energy bulb and see how that works for you. I have my settings on both the cold side and the freezer side set low and with a 40 degree garage I am maintaining around zero in the freezer and 37 in the fridge. Ideal. I would strongly suggest utilizing a remote thermometer with sensors in both compartments. I hang mine on the garage wall and I can quickly determine the temperature of the garage, the freezer and the refrigerator.

@@johngulbronson969 thank you for the fast response. My freezer doesn't seem to have it's own temp control so I'll play with the one control a bit. Just need to find a bulb, thanks again!

That works for some people. My old hot water heater could not keep up with demand with 4 kids and 2 adults. Also, I could not even use the Spa tub as 40 gallons of hot water would not do the trick, The continuous hot water works best for us.

I absolutely hate my tankless

Can you give details on the scam? We have 5 in the household & hot water won't go as far as 3 people. Dishwasher daily, 5 showers, clean baby bottles, etc. I believe if you keep the maintenance up on them, as flushing the system, cleaning the filter/fan, it works for us. Not to say it goes bad tomorrow, 11 years on our Rinnai RL75.

I find that in order to keep the freezer around zero degrees I need to keep the light plugged in if my garage gets below 50 degrees. Otherwise if I unplug the light the freezer is about 12 to 15 degrees.

check to see if your water meter is moving when the unit is on. I can only guess that you have a water leak somewhere. If there is no flow and the unit turns on, does the flame kick in or is it just the fan turning on?

@@johngulbronson969 thanks for responding. I’ll have to do more checking. I do know there is no water leak and it does heat up. It only runs for a few minutes and shuts off. I just thought that it was doing that to keep some water hot in a tank if there is some kind of water reservoir that it has to keep hot. So yours never comes on until a faucet is turned on. Thanks for the tips on maintenance I’ve never had one. God Bless

@@mikebrown618 I guess that it is possible that you have a recirculation valve in your bathroom that keeps water circulation through your hot water pipes so you don't have to wait for the hot water to get to your shower. it takes almost two minutes for hot water to get to the second floor from my basement.

I’m not at home now but I will check the meter when I can. Thanks

After a year or so I did get some minor leakage. It concerned me at the time but not enough to do anything about it. Over time it stopped leaking and I have had no other leaks for several years

Might be worth a try.

Yes you can someone else put a video up and I have been doing it for a couple years now. You just rig the sensor to think the doors open and I use a stardard appliance bulb not led and I use 25wat bulbs

There is no perfect answer as your garage temp is likely changing quite a bit throughout a week or month. I leave the bulb on all the time when the garage is below 50 degrees, I set my freezer and refrigerator slide adjustment in the middle and then adjust so that my freezer is near zero and the fridge near 40. As I am generally opening it every day it is easy to keep an eye on it and move the slides a bit when needed, Often I can go several days without adjustment but large changes in garage temp can cause me to adjust the thermostat. At the end of the day, I have some expensive food in the freezer that I do not want to waste. If I am paying an extra 10 bucks a month or so for electricity it is well worth it. I know several people that ruin their food in the freezer and are completely oblivious why their food is not very tasty or they have massive freezer burn from thaw and freeze cycles.

Glad you liked it!

I don't think you need to worry about a freezer only unit as in that case the thermostat is in the freezer. On regular refrigerator/freezer combos the thermostat is in the refrigerator. That is why the light bulb works in the colder months to keep the freezer at zero degrees

@@johngulbronson969 super, thx

Glad to hear that. Cold beer and frozen steaks!

John, I read somewhere else someone hooked it up to a timer and turned on and off the bulb every 30 minutes and it worked for them. Have you ever tried this method to save energy?

@@ethan35c I have not tried a timer. I tried a reptile mat but that did not work out. I am not too concerned about the energy cost as I use a very low wattage bulb. I can't imagine that my fridge cost anymore to run in the winter than it does in the summer as my garage can get pretty warm in the summer months. Regardless, with hundreds of dollars worth of food in my freezer an extra $5 a month to keep everything at zero degrees is well worth it.

@@johngulbronson969 makes sense! I’m in PA so winters are cold and summers can get hot. Have your bulbs lasted a while or have you seen them burning out quickly ?

I am not sure if the lumens make any difference as that is a measure of light, and what you need is heat. The bulb I use works very well for my situation. Michigan winter with the garage temperature anywhere from 50 degrees down to 20 degrees if it gets really cold - which does not seem to happen any more.

@@johngulbronson969 alright thanks man. Yeah I’m out in western CO and the garage is the outside temp. I’m not sure lightbulbs measure anything but light output (lumens) and how much energy they consume (wattage) but with so many varying new wattage lights it’s hard to know other than their lumens. 🤷‍♂️ Look like I’m due for a trip for a lightbulb.

No it does not run constantly. A majority of the time it does not run. Think of it like how it reacts in the summer to the higher outside heat, when it will run more often than at room temperature. It runs just often enough to reach the desired temperature. I tried a Reptile mat in an attempt to save energy, but the fridge did not run often enough to keep the freezer near zero,

I bought mine at either Lowe's or Menards. I have had them for years though. I have to believe they still make them, but perhaps an LED bulb would work just fine as they also give off heat. It is just a matter of finding the right bulb to generate the right amount of heat. This month I put a "reptile mat" to use. It detects the temperature inside the fridge and automatically turns the bulb on when the temp falls below 40 degrees in the fridge. I am still fine tuning the freezer setting but is does stay about 5 degrees now. This is saving energy as the bulb is not on all the time, but in reality is likely saves less that a quarter a month. My small sample size at this point would lead me to believe it is not worth it to spend $16 to save at most a dollar or 2 a year.

Glad to hear that. I just put a reptile thermostat on my set-up as well. I am not sure if it will save me very much money due to reduced electricity usage, but it's worth a try. Did not think about a black bulb as I did not know they were available, but not a bad idea.

I just installed the light again in my refrigerator as the temperature has been below freezing recently, although it has only been in the forties in my garage. I set my freezer to the coldest setting now with my fridge in the middle, and it is keeping my freezer between zero and 10. As it gets colder in the garage, I have to play with the controls a bit to get a good balance. Not a problem as I am in the fridge every day, so it is simple to monitor. If you are in an environment that gets down to 20 or below you may need to install a higher wattage bulb to get enough heat in the fridge to get it to run properly. But I would wait until it gets a bit colder before switching over. If you put the higher wattage bulb in now your fridge may be running more to offset the added heat from the higher wattage bulb. But it depends on your priorities. If you don't mind higher energy costs to keep your freezer near zero all the time just install the higher wattage bulb and pay maybe $10 a month more to make sure it keeps running. Regardless, the most important thing is to keep your frozen foods frozen near zero degrees to extend shelf life and keep your refrigerator around 35 to 40.

Glad to hear that. You might want to use a lower wattage bulb in order to save energy costs. Too high of a wattage will cause your fridge to run more often to offset the heat from the bulb. Ideally your fridge will run just enough to keep your freezer at zero and the fridge around 40. For me a 15 watt cfl does the trick.

@@johngulbronson969 With 20 watt bulb, fridge has been between 36-37F and freezer is below zero. Everything is working great. Sure beats running 1500 watt heater in garage like last year.

I use a 12 watt CFL bulb