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Having a problem only in the winter the hot water stops we have been solving the problem by running the bathroom hot water faucet while taking a shower. When running the dishwasher or washing machine, or sometimes doing dishes, we have to manually turn the unit off and on with the switch. We have developed this problem sometimes in the other seasons as well.

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It is a are intake problem what happens is you get frost cristal bildup in the airintake you could take the front cover off dering the winter and you wont have the problem.

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