Fault Finding Tests - Rheem 834 Series Service Instructions Manual

Fault Finding Tests

Fault Finding Test 1
Testing the Hot Water Outlet Temperature Sensor
The hot water outlet temperature sensor is an NTC type thermistor. The resistance value
of the thermistor will change according to the detected temperature and the sensor can be
tested as follows:
1. Isolate water supply to heater to prevent heater
from operating.
2. Disconnect sensor wiring plug and using a
multimeter set on the kΩ scale, measure between
the two pins on the disconnected sensor plug.
3. Convert the kΩ value obtained in step 2 to a
temperature value using the 'Sensor Temperature /
Resistance Table' shown below.
4. Use a spot
temperature at the sensor location and compare
this value to the reading taken in steps 2 and 3
(sensor detected
tolerance of ± 2ºC.
Note: If a spot thermometer is not available or the temperature at the sensor cannot be
accurately measured, remove sensor from sensor well (refer to component replacement
procedure 24 on page 59) so that sensor detects the ambient air temperature and
measure the ambient air temperature at the sensor using a thermometer.
Sensor Temperature / Resistance Table
kΩ
ºC
0 23.73
1 22.71
2 21.73
3 20.81
4 19.92
5 19.09
6 18.29
7 17.52
8 16.80
9 16.11
10 15.45
11 14.82
12 14.22
13 13.65
14 13.10
15 12.58
16 12.09
17 11.61
18 11.16
19 10.72
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thermometer to
temperature).
kΩ
ºC ºC
20 10.31 40
21 9.91 41
22 9.53 42
23 9.17 43
24 8.83 44
25 8.49 45
26 8.18 46
27 7.87 47
28 7.58 48
29 7.30 49
30 7.04 50
31 6.78 51
32 6.54 52
33 6.30 53
34 6.08 54
35 5.86 55
36 5.65 56
37 5.45 57
38 5.26 58
39 5.08 59
measure the
Allow for a
kΩ
ºC
4.90 60
4.74 61
4.57 62
4.42 63
4.27 64
4.12 65
3.99 66
3.85 67
3.73 68
3.60 69
3.48 70
3.37 71
3.26 72
3.16 73
3.05 74
2.96 75
2.86 76
2.77 77
2.69 78
2.60 79
kΩ kΩ
ºC
2.52 80 1.38
2.44 81 1.34
2.37 82 1.31
2.29 83 1.27
2.22 84 1.24
2.16 85 1.20
2.09 86 1.17
2.03 87 1.14
1.97 88 1.11
1.91 89 1.08
1.85 90 1.05
1.80 91 1.02
1.75 92 0.99
1.69 93 0.97
1.65 94 0.94
1.60 95 0.92
1.55 96 0.89
1.51 97 0.87
1.46 98 0.85
1.42 99 0.83
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