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01-23-2008, 05:44 PM | #1 |
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| question for the HVAC guys
i have a brand new williams top vent wall heater in my apartment. when it shuts off, it makes this super annoying 'tick tick tick' noise that i believe is the sheet metal flue expanding/contracting. same noise you hear sometimes from a car or motorcycle engine after you shut it off. is there any safe way to dampen the flue to stop the noise?
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01-23-2008, 05:51 PM | #2 | |
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01-23-2008, 06:58 PM | #3 |
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01-23-2008, 08:01 PM | #4 |
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| Any foil faced insalation will work. What is causing the tick noise is the metal expanding and contracting due to the change of temp. Minimize that change by insalating and it will help. It won't go away completely, but it will help. You don't want to wrap the heat exchanger itself, just the void in the wall space between the heater and drywall. Hope this is clear. |
01-23-2008, 08:13 PM | #5 |
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My backup heat is all electric baseboards, and a wall heater in the bathroom. Pretty much from Jan-Mar, it is always ticking in my house. |
01-23-2008, 08:53 PM | #6 | |
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