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A stove is a two pole 50, and hot water heater i would recommend the same.
add water to the radiator. believe that. if there is no water flowing through the engine, your heater will only blow cold air. if there is no water flowing through the engine and your heater is only blowing cold air, and not HEATING, your heater core is probably going out or will be soon. most people believe that if you have no water in the engine then your temperature gauge will run hot and you will know that you are overheating the engine. WRONG! your temp gauge only measures WATER temp. But if there is no water to measure, there is no temperature rise showing on the dashboard gauge. if you have NO WATER in the engine you can seriously overheat your engine and not know it because the gauge is not getting any hotter than usual (sometimes your gauge will even read cooler than usual).
You could do it with 8-gauge wire, assuming you could even get a 110v water heater like that--4000-watt water heaters are all 220v.
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THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A HOT WATER HEATER.
A stove is a two pole 50, and hot water heater i would recommend the same.
Either the water pump is unable to pump the warmed water into the heater core, or as you suspect, the thermostat may be sticking open. Do you have a temperature gauge or is it just a light that tells you when you're overheated? If it's a gauge, you should be able to tell when the engine is warm. If the temperature is much over 100 degrees F, you should be able to get heat out of the heater core. I'd be real suspicious of the water pump or possibly low coolant level.
If you are absolutely sure you do not have air trapped in your cooling system then you may have a defective gauge if you are getting heat through your heater. Usually I would say you have a coolant flow problem with either a stuck thermostat or a bad water pump but if you have heat from your heater, then you must have circulating coolant in your system. I would check the gauge or the sensor.
add water to the radiator. believe that. if there is no water flowing through the engine, your heater will only blow cold air. if there is no water flowing through the engine and your heater is only blowing cold air, and not HEATING, your heater core is probably going out or will be soon. most people believe that if you have no water in the engine then your temperature gauge will run hot and you will know that you are overheating the engine. WRONG! your temp gauge only measures WATER temp. But if there is no water to measure, there is no temperature rise showing on the dashboard gauge. if you have NO WATER in the engine you can seriously overheat your engine and not know it because the gauge is not getting any hotter than usual (sometimes your gauge will even read cooler than usual).
There should be a dial on the front of the heater that you set the temp. with.
You should have a hot water heater for the kitchen for sure and also to have for the bathrooms. I personally like to wash my hands in hot water not cold.
Yes, you should definitely insult it.
Take shorter showers, or get a tankless, "on-demand" water heater that heats the water as you use it.
Never
The temp. gauge on the side of the water heater is obviously set too high causing this problem. Turn down the heater until the problem is solved.
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Yes. I would. If you are replacing the hot water lines, it is also a good time to drain the hot water heater and get rid of all the junk at the bottom of the hot water heater. That should be done once a year. Your hot water heater must be off when you do that, your hot water heater should be off when you drain your hot water heater. You will see boiler scale come out of your water heater. Leaving the boiler scale in your water heater makes it less efficient. It makes it harder to heat your water. It is the same as throwing money down the drain. If you want to give your money away, you should give it to the Salvation Army instead of the Utility Company.