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Peter
Citizen
Username: Peter
Post Number: 182
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, January 28, 2006 - 7:32 pm: | 
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Suddenly, and coincident with the shower replacement (See post, Delta . . . ) the water heater barely gives enough hot water for one shower, instead of the three-four it used to. I drained it for a few minutes and some ick came out. Any other suggestions before I have it replaced? It's set all the way on "hot." It gave no trouble before the shower valve replacement, during which I had to shut off water at the main.
Thanks.
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upondaroof
Citizen
Username: Upondaroof
Post Number: 538
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, January 28, 2006 - 8:28 pm: |
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Did you check the pilot light? |
Peter
Citizen
Username: Peter
Post Number: 184
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, January 28, 2006 - 9:01 pm: |
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Let me clarify: it's producing hot water, and it's plenty hot. It just doesn't seem to produce very much -- just enought (barely) for one shower, not the 3-4 we used to get out of it. |
upondaroof
Citizen
Username: Upondaroof
Post Number: 540
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, January 28, 2006 - 9:16 pm: |
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Sounds as if the volume of water in the heater is reduced somehow. Maybe airbound? I'm not a plumber but that would be my guess. |
MHD
Citizen
Username: Mayhewdrive
Post Number: 3290
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, January 28, 2006 - 9:34 pm: |
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I had a similar problem a while ago and since I had a "worryfree" contract with PSEG I had them come out. They replaced the "anode"(?) for free which was so caked with gunk from our hard water and it worked much better after that.
Although, without the worryfree contract, it probably would have cost a couple hundred dollars in parts & labor. |
Jgberkeley
Citizen
Username: Jgberkeley
Post Number: 4405
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, January 28, 2006 - 10:59 pm: |
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Air bound and anode rods will not cause the problem you have listed.
Rather:
When the shower water goes cold, check the hot water at the bathroom sink, let it run. Is that hot or cold?
Answer the question, here is some thinking:
You changed the shower valve. New ones have temp control devices to limit the amount of hot water by mixing cold with hot and preventing scald burns. Perhaps you do not have this part of the valve assembled or adjusted correctly. Hot or cold a the sink will help to tell.
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Since you move a part in the system (isolation valve) during your repair, perhaps you disturbed a sleeping problem. Some old valves have a rubber gasket/seat. If moved and they break, they can get into a place where they allow hot water to pass for a while then when they heat up they swell or move and slow hot water from passing through the valve body. If this were the case you would not have hot water at the bathroom sink at the time the water goes cold in the shower.
From here the problems move to things that fail, but since things tend to fail one at a time, and then when last touched, let us start here.
Later,
George |
Peter
Citizen
Username: Peter
Post Number: 186
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, January 29, 2006 - 10:18 pm: |
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Well, the occupants of the apartment say there's now plenty of hot water. All I did was drain a little ick from the drain, so I guess we'll see how it goes.
Thank you. |
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