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⟐ Answer accepted January 06, 2026 at 19:46 MST

⟐ Commented January 02, 2026 at 19:12 MST

I checked some answers here and went through some checks.

We get power to both screws on both upper & lower elements.

I checked both elements for resistance and got readings of 19.6 on both.

I checked the resistance of the upper element, screws to heater body and no indication of resistance.

I have replaced the upper thermostat.

What else could be the problem?

Thank you,

Dave

⟐ Commented December 26, 2025 at 7:34 MST

Every sink in my house drip's water! Please inform me on how to fix my dribbling faucet's. Its wasting so much water especially since we ,Califotnian's are in a huge water drought. Thank you

⟐ Commented December 17, 2025 at 13:36 MST

Both elements are both 11.5 ohms and appear to be good. Am attempting to remove and measure the thermocouple but using the digital diagnostic, I observe lower on at 54 F and upper at 77F, so are somewhat reasonable values for a tank that was at room temperature and then had some water come in from the well into the lower chamber.

I understand that these controls me only turn on one heater element at a time which would explain the upper element getting voltage for 30 seconds or a minute but then unclear why the control with turn off the heat without posting any kind of error code as there are no codes in the history.

Any help would be appreciated.

Called Richmond (Rheam) customer service.The representative felt this was likely a faulty digital circuit board since no error codes were being posted in the history and due to the behavior observed where the upper element was powered for about a minute after a power cycling off/on using the circuit breaker. Service person advised me that the upper heater element would normally be powered for about 20 minutes before switching power to the lower heater element.

New circuit board being sent free of charge under the 12 year parts warranty.

⟐ Commented December 14, 2025 at 10:35 MST

And here it is after successfully removing what looks like an overflow pipe (that actually isn't going anywhere anymore):

The above photos are two different angles of the same thing.

Any suggestions on how to get this contraption apart so I can clean the trap?

Update 11/9/16:

I was able to cut out the old cast iron trap with a sawzall:

It's a wonder that things drained at all:

However, there wasn't enough room to fit a flexible trap back in. I was able to put in a 90 degree elbow with flexible 1 1/2" pipe, but the elbow plus the flexible trap is far too large to fit into the available space. Is it ok to not have a trap, or do I need to figure out how to get a trap added back in? I do now have a mesh screen in the tub that I'd assume will catch hair and any other large items and prevent them from going down the drain. Any thoughts from plumbing experts?

⟐ Answered November 18, 2025 at 9:19 MST

Well I thought I had it fixed.

I had soaked all the rim jets and siphon jet with CLR and for a few flushes, it worked. So I'm guessing the issue is build-up of rust when taking the tank apart must have gotten into the bowl jets and is effecting their output.

⟐ Answer accepted November 05, 2025 at 17:44 MST

Thank you for your response to fixing the sink pipes. Plumbing problem, that I see is directly under the sink. The pipes are of different materials. The stem of the sink looks like copper since it has blueish tarnish on it. The curvy parts are PVC with wings to help screw it in.

In the bathroom, I took the pieces apart, cleaned them, put a white plumbers tape around the screw-on grooves and hand tightened the ensemble. Should I have done more? I want to fix it not just "Mickey" it.

⟐ Answered October 25, 2025 at 5:13 MST

My Morton water softener M34 has some issues. It has enough salt but complaining that the salt level is low. I tested the water hardness and it shows >200.

Does anyone have experience repairing one?

⟐ Answer edited September 25, 2025 at 23:56 MST

I have Indian style of toilet.

My nephew from Dubai insists on installing an English toilet. I want to fix my indian style toilet without damaging/changing alignment. I do not mind having separate flushing arrangement.

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⟐ Answered September 22, 2025 at 21:03 MST

⟐ Answer edited August 07, 2025 at 21:42 MST

⟐ Commented August 07, 2025 at 19:10 MST

Chris Stillman

***1 minute ago

UPDATE: The leak is coming from the bottom device. I'm looking into this manual if that pulls out, etc. Any input is welcome.

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Hello, I woke up to a nice puddle of water underneath the water heater. It is spraying water out from the inside. The water is literally spraying out from behind the section in the photo attached.

I may be in over my head on this one but figured I'd check in with you guys!

Thank you!

⟐ Commented June 07, 2025 at 19:30 MST

I am trying to replace the flange with a new once since its leaking. I have the new flange and washer. I cannot figure out how to take out the tail piece from that T joint pipe so that i can slip the new flange through the other side. Please help. Thank you

⟐ Answer edited May 04, 2025 at 11:00 MST