5500 watt element heating up. Sounds like a train whistle without the column on the boiler.
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Re: Boiler sound
It's your electric element creating a steam boundary around its self.
Cold water, full power element, steam release echoing in boiler...there's a technical name for it but it escapes me at the moment!
If you "ramp" up the power slowly, the common name is Bake Off, as the water heats you can avoid this and prolong the life of your element.
This is the major reason hot water elements fail. The are either on or off.
Cold water, full power element, steam release echoing in boiler...there's a technical name for it but it escapes me at the moment!
If you "ramp" up the power slowly, the common name is Bake Off, as the water heats you can avoid this and prolong the life of your element.
This is the major reason hot water elements fail. The are either on or off.
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Re: Boiler sound
You must be right....This only happens in the beginning. As things heat up it gets nice and quiet. Guess I should use less power on startup
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Re: Boiler sound
gas is nice ..it just goes SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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Re: Boiler sound
Mine sounds more like ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssSaltbush Bill wrote:gas is nice ..it just goes SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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Re: Boiler sound
My gas burner makes a loud constant roar. No SSHHHHHHH about it
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Re: Boiler sound
The effect is Cavitation; essentially there is a small but powerful shockwave produced when bubbles of steam collapse, the vibrations generated are the noise you hear.
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