Adventures in home ownership #9
Well, now I know why the heater in my room didn't work.
It stopped working sometime last winter, and I never quite got 'round to taking it apart to figure out why... as long as I turn the heat all the way up, the little heater (about a foot long) worked well enough to keep me from freezing, and I don't spend a lot of time in here anyway.
Well, in my continuing efforts to re-build my condo so I can sell it eventually, I ripped apart the old heater to install a new one. Turns out that, at some point, water got into the casing, and a connection appears to have melted. Not a good thing, but at least it didn't burn the house down.
Anyway... now I have a new heater, and installation wasn't as hard as I expected, though having the right tools might have helped.
Also: Phrases You Don't Want To See In The Instructions:
"2. Allow entire system to operate steadily for 1/2 hour. This should remove oily residue from manufacturing. (Some smoking may occur)."
And yes, it is in fact smoking. And it smells really, really bad...
It stopped working sometime last winter, and I never quite got 'round to taking it apart to figure out why... as long as I turn the heat all the way up, the little heater (about a foot long) worked well enough to keep me from freezing, and I don't spend a lot of time in here anyway.
Well, in my continuing efforts to re-build my condo so I can sell it eventually, I ripped apart the old heater to install a new one. Turns out that, at some point, water got into the casing, and a connection appears to have melted. Not a good thing, but at least it didn't burn the house down.
Anyway... now I have a new heater, and installation wasn't as hard as I expected, though having the right tools might have helped.
Also: Phrases You Don't Want To See In The Instructions:
"2. Allow entire system to operate steadily for 1/2 hour. This should remove oily residue from manufacturing. (Some smoking may occur)."
And yes, it is in fact smoking. And it smells really, really bad...