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oldberkeley · Dec 15, 2009

Tested plumbing, no leaks, looks good.

One Big Problem:

For some reason, my water heater is no longer filling up with cold water!?!?

Everything turned on, was working fine before.

oldberkeley · Dec 15, 2009

Correction to last post:

Maybe it is filling with cold water, I can't tell.

But no hot water in house. Pilot light lit, all supply lines open.

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Jadnashua · Dec 15, 2009

If you don't have the cartridge installed in the shower valve, hot and cold will mix, disrupting flow because of the internal cross-over.

oldberkeley · Dec 15, 2009

I had in the grey "test" cartridge that came in the unit.

I off the supply lines and installed the regular cartridge. Hopefully that will do it.

Thanks!

oldberkeley · Feb 9, 2010

Very Minor Question, Just Wondering:

Any tips/tricks for screwing in a new chrome shower arm?

I'm going to wrap the threads a few times with Teflon tape AND put some pipe dope on them.

Is hand tight enough? If not, how to prevent damage to chrome?

Is there some sort of actual "standard" for how far the arm screws into the drop ear elbow? TIA

Jadnashua · Feb 9, 2010

For an average person, the bend in the shower arm is plenty of lever to get the thing tight enough not to leak. Worse comes to worse, stick a dowel of something into the end and use that extra length to get it around one more time, or to get it to line up where you want.

oldberkeley · Feb 11, 2010

Jim- Thanks much. It's that "one more time around" middle ground that's got me worried, I'm never quite sure where to stop!

I'll give it a try, worse comes to worse I'll just back 'er out and try again. -Gary

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