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    Battery charger diod wiring

    Re: Update Hi all, I want to thank everyone who tried to help me in my confused state. I believe the problem is in the circuit board as some of you suggested , but with my pi**poor diagnostics who would know ? First I doubled checked the old diods with my good meter,and they checked good. I...
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    Battery charger diod wiring

    a diode has an anode and cathode, find out which side your two are tied together on the output side[QUO[/COLOR] TE [COLOR="Lime"] I think the OP needs to understand the old diode configuration and then figure out if he should use the positive (+) or Negative (-) output if that "new bridge"...
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    Battery charger diod wiring

    Sorry IDK what common cathode is ,but its a button diod one side black and one side red. Ohmd them out +lead on red 17.000 =+lead on black 1.415 2nd diod- +lead on red open -- + lead on black 1.750 It was working good one day and the next it wouldn't charge.I check it on a...
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    Battery charger diod wiring

    The old diods were disconnected, that's just the jumper wire that I was useing still connected. I had to make a double female jumper for the new diod. Sorry for the confusion. I generally didn't think the diod were bad because they were only working one way like they should,and the v wearn't...
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    Battery charger diod wiring

    Trying to repair my old sears 6/12v 2-10- 60 amp charger. I am electronically challenged so be kind.:thumbup: I believe my diods are bad,there suppose to test over .5 and mine are at .472 So I read here about using a bridge diod in its place,but it didn't ex plane how to wire it. Well I bolted...
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    need help with poor burning Takagi tankles

    GOOD NEWS:::D There going to send me a new HX. He said he doesn't have a recoard of me calling last year,but it shouldn't have rotted out that fast. He said the new ones have a damper built in them,so they must of had some kind of problem. A couple pics of exhust vent.
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    need help with poor burning Takagi tankles

    1440' is actual floor size. The design co. used 1600 sq. ft. and said 40,000 BTU were req... They recommended this heater. Its a 11,000-199,000 BTU. You are right though, everytime I look in the burner only about 1/3 of it is burning.I dont know of a way to check that on the display, but I will...
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    need help with poor burning Takagi tankles

    I dont think they gave me a case # but they sent me an email on how to get the burner out. The problem is I bought it a little over a year ago. I never dreamed it would have been in this bad of shape,or I would have checked it out this spring when it quit running. I have to wait till...
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    need help with poor burning Takagi tankles

    I am runing on NG. I did call them back and they are more helpful than last year . But they want me to clean it and get it running so they can see what its doing. Thank Tim
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    need help with poor burning Takagi tankles

    Thanks for the help. It deffinetley had moisture in it. I took the whole thing apart,and the exhust cap above the HX had rust underneith, with 3 pin holes in it already:shocking: The exhust does vent to grade outside. I did check the gas pressure when it was running and it checked...
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    need help with poor burning Takagi tankles

    Thanks anthony666 My first picture shows the termination, its on the east side off the garage and 200' from the nearest house. It is however only 12" above the ground where it comes out,but the ground drops down and away quickley. 12" was the min allowed in manuel. You dont think it could...
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    need help with poor burning Takagi tankles

    OK. I got the burner out and cleaned but the heat exchanger looks nasty.:shocking: Can anyone tell me does it look like this from bad burning,or does it look like it was leaking? Thank's
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    need help with poor burning Takagi tankles

    Ya, maybe I should give that a try again. Last year the guy I got didn't know nothing about there direct-vent concentric system.
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    need help with poor burning Takagi tankles

    OK, I just installed this last fall for my in floor heat system, and it has not run properly since. Model T-K4-IN and hooked up useing there direct-vent concentric termination system,which I think might be the problem. When I first fired it up with the cover off it ran fine till I put the...
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    New Plier Rack

    Matt, looks like I was on batch 9 also. I didn't receive a pm either. Tim
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