Ariston abs vls pw 50 DIY repair

In detail: ariston abs vls pw 50 DIY repair from a real master for the site my.housecope.com.

Using any water heater, and Ariston is no exception in this case, it is necessary to carry out regular descaling. To ensure that the unit does not fail in advance, it is recommended to clean it once every six months, and replace the magnesium anode once a year or two. All this can be done with your own hands, and this has already been described earlier in the article "Why and what is a magnesium anode in a water heater for". But before starting to carry out cleaning activities, it is worth learning how to disassemble the Ariston water heater.

These are the minimum preventive measures that you can do at home with your own hands and without the use of special equipment. Of course, when a heater, a thermal sensor fails, or other serious problems arise, you should not risk it and it is better to turn to professionals. The rest - everything depends only on you.

Not only home owners provide themselves with autonomous hot water. More and more residents of apartment buildings prefer to install flow-through or storage water heaters. There are 2 reasons for such unconditional popularity - interruptions in hot water supply, especially in the off-season, and the high cost of hot water supply.

For several years, the Italian boilers Ariston have been popular. They are of high quality, reliability, long service life, if used correctly. Nothing eternal has yet been invented, and therefore repairs sometimes have to be done on their own.

And although a water heater is a rather complex device, its regular cleaning and maintenance can be done independently in just a couple of hours. The main thing is, before starting the actual work, understand not only how the equipment works, but also how to disassemble it correctly.

Video (click to play).

The most important thing is to completely drain the water from the boiler. On the lower part there are 2 nozzles, one of them enters the boiler, and the other is drained.

Even after the water is completely drained, some of it remains at the bottom of the tank, so place a bowl for the rest before opening the lid.

Since a high-quality drain is the key to the successful outcome of the entire operation, we will dwell on it in more detail.

The procedure depends on the features of a particular model - with a trigger, tee or by means of a check valve.

  • the most whimsical model is considered to be one in which a fitting tee is built between the pipe and the valve. He will have to unscrew it with an adjustable wrench and drain all the water.
  • on those models where there is no tee, but there is a trigger - a jumper on the return valve. You can bend it, fix it and wait for all the water to drain. This process usually takes 1.5-2 hours.
  • the simplest and therefore most effective way is to unscrew the check valve counterclockwise. Before that, connect the hose to the water outlet and drain.

If, during any manipulations, water does not flow from the return, open the hot water tap to create the necessary air flow, and do not close it until the boiler is empty.

Attention! All work is carried out only after the water heater is disconnected from the power supply!

For those who have no time to read, we have prepared a video instruction on how to disassemble an ariston water heater. Here you will learn about the features of installation, connection to pipes, cleaning, etc.

  • screwdriver;
  • pliers;
  • knife;
  • a water drain hose that matches the diameter of the return pipe;
  • replacement anode;
  • a special agent for cleaning heating elements, you can also use a concentrated solution of citric acid.

We repeat once again, all work on the disassembly of the water heater is carried out only when it is completely de-energized.

  1. The device does not heat up the water - if you are convinced that the outlet is working and there is electricity, the malfunction lies in the heating element.
  2. The water heats up very slowly - the magnesium anode must be replaced.
  3. During operation, a distinct but dull hiss is heard - excessive scale and deposits on the heating element.

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