Yes, gas line needs to be grounded.
Since it needs to be grounded properly, it would be best to have a licensed electrician to install it.
You should call back the electrician who did the wiring and complain to him. It could indicate incorrect wiring. It could indicate that the electrician put something besides the water heater on the water heater circuit. It could indicate that in the process of remodeling the electrician damaged something. It could be something damaged the circuit leading to the water heater. It could indicate that during the time of the repair, your water heater broke. It could indicate that your circuit breaker is bad. Someone with volt meters needs to be in your house to find the problem.
An electrician needs a brain and needs to know how to use it.
You know the heater hose on a vehicle needs replacing when it beings to swell and soften. The heater hose runs from the intake manifold to the heater core.
The clicking noise you are hearing could be the heater is overloading the breaker and it is on the verge of tripping This could be caused by the heater being to large for the circuit. Check the amperage rating on the heater and the rating on the breaker It also cold be the circuit breaker is going bad and needs to be replaced by a qualified electrician These are 2 possible answers you also could have a bad (loose) electrical connection some where in the circuit
a person who wants to become an electrician needs to go to a trade school, then take an apprenticeship with a bone fide company
To become a qualified electrician, one needs an industry-level 3 qualification. For example, one could get a Level 3 Diploma in Electrical Installations to qualify as an electrician.
It would depend on the voltage needed by the heater. A 240 v heater would need twenty 12 v batteries connected in series but this is a very dangerous electrical supply that needs proper installation by an electrician. With a load of 6 amps the battery (assuming average car batteries) would supply the heater for about 6-8 hours when there is no wind.
Rational, realistic and well-grounded.
have you checked the fuses? if so, maybe the heater core needs replacing
it could be the thermostat needs to be changed or the heater core needs to be flushed out.these would be the cheaper things to try first.
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