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    Not enough hot water

    Good news, after having the same repair man come over three times to determine nothing is wrong I asked the warranty company to send out someone else. When the new repair man called I explained what was wrong and he knew it was the dip tube. Came over this morning and replaced it, sure enough...
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    Not enough hot water

    I just measured the flow rate at 5 GPM from the bath tub, not shower. So, starting at 137 degrees the water temp dropped to 100 degrees after 11 minutes at 5 GPM. I measured the flow rate of our shower head to be around 2.5 GPM. What doesn't make sense is that 1.5 hours before the repairman...
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    Not enough hot water

    Update, the repair man came over today, he measured the hot water from our bathtub. Turned the water on to the highest/hottest setting, measured 137 degrees at the beginning and 100 after 11 minutes. He called the warranty company and said the water heater is fine. From the numbers provided...
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    Not enough hot water

    Thanks everyone, this has been very helpful. So far I have not had any problems with the warranty company or the repair person, I just want to be proactive with dealing with this issue. Someone is coming out on Monday so hopefully he will get this fixed.
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    Not enough hot water

    Attempted to search for a similar issue and didn't find anything, I apologize if this has been brought up before. I moved into a house with a 1996 Kenmore 40 gallon gas water heater. I was going to take a shower but discovered there was no hot water, although after running the water for awhile...
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