goldie
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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 the burner did turn on and provide hot water. Even though we now had hot water it did not last very long, we barley had enough for one shower, we would have to continually turn the hot water up during the shower before it it would get cold. I did check water heater temperature and it was set between low and hot so I turned it up to hot (which was the middle setting). This seemed to provide hot water when we needed without running the water first but there still was not enough for a full shower. After some research I thought the problem might be the dip tube so I had a repair man come out (FYI, though our home warranty company). He didn't think it was the dip tube because a broken dip tube would cause the water to suddenly go cold which didn't seem to be our case. He did turn the thermostat all the way to the hottest setting, Very Hot. Now the water is extremely hot (too hot in my opinion), when taking a shower we get a little longer shower but will still run out of hot water during a longer shower and we still have to continually increase the faucet temperature. The repair man did recommend draining the tank which we stated to do but after filling 2 five gallon buckets the water was clear and there was nothing in the water so I stopped. tI just doesn't seem right that the temperature doesn't say the same though the whole shower.
Our apartment had a small electric water heater, I'm assuming it was about half the size of our current and we never had a problem getting though full show, maybe the 2nd shower would require the temperature to be increased we didn't completely loose all hot water
I'm hoping someone can give me a better idea of what the problem might be so I know if the repair person is correctly addressing the issue.
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 the burner did turn on and provide hot water. Even though we now had hot water it did not last very long, we barley had enough for one shower, we would have to continually turn the hot water up during the shower before it it would get cold. I did check water heater temperature and it was set between low and hot so I turned it up to hot (which was the middle setting). This seemed to provide hot water when we needed without running the water first but there still was not enough for a full shower. After some research I thought the problem might be the dip tube so I had a repair man come out (FYI, though our home warranty company). He didn't think it was the dip tube because a broken dip tube would cause the water to suddenly go cold which didn't seem to be our case. He did turn the thermostat all the way to the hottest setting, Very Hot. Now the water is extremely hot (too hot in my opinion), when taking a shower we get a little longer shower but will still run out of hot water during a longer shower and we still have to continually increase the faucet temperature. The repair man did recommend draining the tank which we stated to do but after filling 2 five gallon buckets the water was clear and there was nothing in the water so I stopped. tI just doesn't seem right that the temperature doesn't say the same though the whole shower.
Our apartment had a small electric water heater, I'm assuming it was about half the size of our current and we never had a problem getting though full show, maybe the 2nd shower would require the temperature to be increased we didn't completely loose all hot water
I'm hoping someone can give me a better idea of what the problem might be so I know if the repair person is correctly addressing the issue.