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02-11-2012, 12:37 PM
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Yet another Water Heater Question.
For the last two days, my water heater has been acting up. When I turn the HW on in the tub, warm water comes out and quickly turns cold. I waited 30 minutes and the water get hot. Any thought why it would do this?
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02-11-2012, 12:46 PM
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02-11-2012, 02:18 PM
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Sounds like the water heater had expelled all it's hot water and needed to heat up the fresh cold water
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02-11-2012, 02:25 PM
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Since water is drawn out from the top, and filled from the bottom, either the top thermostat or element may be going out. I'd lay money on the element being corroded with minerals and shorting out at times
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02-11-2012, 02:36 PM
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02-11-2012, 04:08 PM
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02-11-2012, 04:11 PM
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I agree with the others saying a bad thermostat. As I remember, one controls power to the other so it's probably the master.
Oh, and I applaud you for not calling it a "hot water heater"...
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02-11-2012, 04:13 PM
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02-11-2012, 05:00 PM
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The kitchen sinks taps or vanity taps are acting exactly the same? I am not a plumber but some bathtub taps have some form of shuttle valve in them that may be sticking.
Or if there is no water pressure on the hot side the cold will not flow either. I am not too sure I want to learn a lot more about these. Other posters will be more familiar.
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02-11-2012, 06:09 PM
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02-11-2012, 06:39 PM
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02-11-2012, 07:17 PM
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02-11-2012, 07:19 PM
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On some nights I still believe that a car with the fuel gauge on empty can run about fifty more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. - HST 1983 300SD - 305000 1984 Toyota Landcruiser - 190000 1994 GMC Jimmy - 203000 https://media.giphy.com/media/X3nnss8PAj5aU/giphy.gif
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02-11-2012, 07:23 PM
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It's probably your dip tube. There is a tube in the cold water inlet that pushes the cold water to the bottom of the tank. Hot water is drawn off the top. The tube snaps off. Temperature going all over the place is a good sign it's broken.
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