Hot Water Heater Sometimes Hot Sometimes Warm

I tested the voltage at the input and it was 240v i opened the panel and hit the reset button and did not hear the slight noise i usually hear when the elements get hot.

Then yesterday it went cold. The problem is that sometimes when we use the shower if we turn it as far as we can on the hot side max hot it can be so hot that we have to take it back a notch not hot enough to scold just uncomfortable. A few days ago my hot water got very hot much hotter than normal. Check each of these in turn and replace as necessary.

If you recently shut off the gas to your home the pilot light in your gas water heater will have gone out thus allowing the temperature of the water inside the heater to go down slowly. If it is almost time for it to kick in again either from sitting or because you just used some of the hot water and it was replaced by. Possible reasons for water taking a long time to heat include faulty heating elements sediment build up on the elements and a faulty thermostat. In this post we ll explore the the potential reasons that a hot water heater would produce only lukewarm water and discuss potential solutions.

I thought the water heater could be running out of hot water but this happens sometimes first thing in the morning when no other hot water has been used since the night before. These actually are responsible for heating the water. I cannot find any consistency as to when this happens. If the water heater just cycled off the water will be hot.

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Other times we can turn it to the max hot position and it s barely lukewarm. Second is the heating element s. If you have a gas version it could be related to the burner see 12 below for further information. I thought it odd but didn t worry about it.

You may have one that is faulty or intermittent. Since one heater is not enough to warm up all of the water in the cylinder the resulting water flowing from your hot water tap will be lukewarm. Hi guys i have an a o smith permaglas energy saver water heater. The first is the thermostat that controls the water temperature.

Check if the thermostat is causing you difficulties. This is one of the most common water heater issues that is hardly exposed. I don t have a solution but i am having the same problem and we have a gas water heater.