The father of a child who died last year after he was scalded in bath water superheated filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the manufacturer of water heaters and Provena Mercy Medical Center doctor who treated the girl.

Mikayla King, 2, was severely burned on February 24, 2010, in the bathtub of her home Hinckley, according to the complaint filed this month by the father of the girl, Bryant King, in Cook County Circuit Court.

When investigators from the sheriff of DeKalb County came home two days later, they measured the water bath at 138 degrees, the suit states. temperature control of the heater was not working properly or is defective, the claims process.

I have two water heaters Whirlpool - two new Lowe's in September 2008. Sunday, we ran out of hot water, I checked and found one of them will not turn. I tried lighting (I know how) and it does not stay on, even after more than three minutes.

Last night I replaced the thermocouple (TC), clean the screen, it plugged and it still would not light.

I read all the forums about the difficulty of this particular Whirlpool Flame Lock model was, but I'm just wondering if someone qualified could advise me on the next step.Do I need another controller TC gas, or is there a hidden switch / reset something I'm missing?

Thank you in advance. TheNew is your hot guy with a regular [thread right] thermocouple ... if so there should be a "cutout" type reset button on the right side of the inner door cover to the burner, press the reset button between the 2 small son who connect to it also .. ... son are connected securely to the safety cutout? is the son of the other end plugged into the [separation] t line which lies just below the? ..t is screwed tight control, and the thermocouple is screwed into the tee?... If everything ok, probably the control needs replaced, has warrenty, if you can change the thermocouple that you can change the controls ... I recommend draining the tank after turning off the gas and disconnect the old control of the tubing pilot burner tube, and thermocouple ... do not try to "jump", which means quickly screwing in the new control while the water leaves the hole left open when unscrewing control older, and more risk of water damage, you could get the thermocouple connection the new control on wet, causing the ground to about 25 millivolts of the thermocouple, pilot still wont stay lit ... ..... If you have the old style set-up, with the thermocouple threaded left, you'll need to install the retrofit kit for the new set-up ... .... Its possible the new thermocouple is "new-defective", but that is rare, it is sufficient to ensure that the pilot flame is touching as he takes ... ....

I unplug it every summer, as it gets quite warm here. This last month, I plugged it back in again and it just didn't seem to work. As it wasn't excessively cold here, the temp did stay warm enough without a heater. I finally pulled it out and put it in a dish of water just to see if it would warm up. It didn't. So, I kind of took it apart (which I'm sure would void my warranty) and the dial was kind of melted-wasn't quite round. I pulled up the stem under the dial and made sure it connected then tried it again. Now it worked, but wasn't at all adjustable, and it was almost too warm. So-went out to Walmart and bought another heater. Am very disappointed-this replaced a cheap heater that I had for over 15 years. Went back to the cheap one...