Water heater

streetdog1 Posts: 2, Reputation: 1

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Apr 9, 2007, 07:43 AM

Water heater

Water became extremely hot for no reason shortly after reset switch turned off

hvac1000 Posts: 14,540, Reputation: 435

Heating & Air Conditioning Expert

Apr 9, 2007, 11:18 AM

Sounds like you have a bad control. That is why it went off on reset/safety to start with.

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