Yes it is a forced air system and thanks for the thoughts. Like I said, I'm more interested in understanding the issue then fixing it. My grandmother said my cousin's husband would fix it and she'll do nothing until he does or accept no other help until then. grin So, if I get to poke around, it will be more for interest, but if I can figure it out, then at least if he can't, I can. grin On Sep 12, 2009, at 9:39 PM, Dale Leavens wrote:
> I would want to look at the humidifier. Is it installed in a forced > air furnace system or is it some other arrangement. > > I remember my parents having had a shower installed after which hot > water filled their toilet tank. I don't really know what other > effects happened but I would bet the installers didn't arrange the > input and outputs to the mixer correctly thus introducing a short > circuit loop. > > They have done something similar in my area of the Hospital. someone > got some pipes crossed so it is now difficult for me to get hot > water out of my sink. When it does come I must keep it running for > as soon as I turn it off the cold overcomes the circuit. Of course > there, there is a hot water loop with a circulating pump so it has > to be happening in other locations as well. They don't seem to be > able to find it. > > sometimes, where the distance to a bathroom is long they > deliberately add a hot water return which is intended to reduce the > time it takes to bring hot water to that distant point. Water is > returned to the tank so it is not dumped down the drain as cold > water but back through the tank. If this is the case and the > humidifier has tapped into that line it may be short-changing that > design. > > The only humidifiers I am familiar with have a reservoir and a float > valve so they don't really draw off much water at any point in time. > It is difficult to imagine how that would be a significant burden. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Scott Howell > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 8:26 PM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] interesting hotwater issue > > From what I understand she believes after the humidifier was > installed and then the hot water stopped flowing properly. Now I > hadn't heard about this until recently, but I might have to go back > and ask some more questions and see what she really remembers. > Thanks, > On Sep 12, 2009, at 10:23 AM, Brice wrote: > > > Did her hot water side stop all at once? Did it slowly come to a > > stop? Did > > it stop working right after the humidifier was installed? All these > > questions would help to determine her hot water issue. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Scott Howell" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 5:10 AM > > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] interesting hotwater issue > > > > > Folks, I was visiting my grandmother last week and she was telling > > me > > > about a problem she has been having. There are two bathrooms in > her > > > house and apparently one of the bath tubs has no hot water. She > said > > > there is water coming out of that side of the fixture, but it's > only > > > cold. Now I haven't gone to look at this because apparently my > > > cousin's husband is a plumber, but it is unlikely he'll get to it > > any > > > time soon. So, of course I'm really curious about the problem. The > > > house is one level on a slab and a year or two back she had a > > > humidifier installed, which she seems to think is the problem, > but I > > > doubt this, unless they installed a valve in the line that could > > > interrupt the flow of water to that bathroom, but then there just > > > wouldn't be any water at all if the valve was closed. So, surely > it > > > can't be a valve issue because again, if the valve anywhere in the > > > line was closed, then you would have no water flow. My uncle who > > was a > > > plumber mainly doing sprinkler systems for commercial buildings > etc. > > > wasn't even sure what the problem may be. 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