HI i'm new to the board and was hoping to get advice. I'm:wall: lol My husband and I bought our current house in August. Its electric with baseboard heating/hot water heater.58 gal. Recently we have had little to no hot water. The only time it seems that we get hot water is when we turn the thermostats up,upstairs where our bathroom/shower is. It seems as tho if we have the thermostats off upstairs the hot water doesnt come? And like I said this is quite a new problem since it was fine last week and even heck at the end of august when we didnt even have the heat on we had no problem with the hot water. You could take a 30 minute HOT shower with no problem for example(we didnt tho lol) I did look in the basement for leaks. None. Is this normal behavior for a hot water heater in the winter? Seems to me as tho there could be a prob, just doesnt sound right?? Any ideas on what could be going on?? Thanks Brandy:o

Heating Experts, My gas conversion steam boiler is giving me trouble and I'm running out of ideas. The call for heat works, the 30sec purge happens and the main burner lights up but won't stay lit. After 30s or so it shuts off and the cycle repeats. I think this means the flame detection fails. Based on the following list of troubleshooting steps the user manual suggests for this condition (my results after =>), I think I need to verify the sensor position and make sure the flame covers the hot surface igniter/sensor. But I don't know how. The sensor is not visible from the eye glass / access trap of the boiler. I'm weary of sticking a mirror-on-a-stick in there due to the high temp and proximity to the flame. How do you pros do it? I've removed the sensor/igniter to insure that it gets very hot even after one 30s main burner cycle, but I suppose that is no proof that the flame covers it. The sensor itself is sorta Z shaped. Since the rods can be pivoted, I tried with the the sensor both vertical and horizontal with no luck. Troubleshooting: 1- Check continuity of ground wire => looks good with multimeter 2- Confirm that hot and neutral 120V wires are connected to L1 & L2 => looks good [B]3- Check that burner flame covers igniter/sensor => don't know how 4- Check igniter/sensor or flame rods for contamination or damage. Replace, if necessary => igniter replaced ($$!), didn't help. Rods (2) look OK, but don't know how to tell nor test. 5- Check insulation on sensor leads and check sensor position => insulation looks good, how do I check the position? [/B] 6- If checks are OK, replace module => module already replaced, didn't help. Not sure if it matters, but the conversion is likely 7-20 years old and the boiler itself is probably 40-50 years. Thanks in advance for any thoughts, JP -Carlin Model G3B Power Gas Conversion Burner -Honeywell S8910U Universal Hot Surface Ignition Module -Uni-Line (41-413) hot surface ignitor