New water heater issue??

[Dragul]

My water heater ruptured last week n my landlord put in a new 1. Been adjusting the water temp on it cause me n my girl love hot hot showers. Anyways. I've noticed that the water coming out of the tub faucet is hotter then the water xoming out of the shower head feels like a pretty big difference also. Any ideas on why this is happening?

 

[Terry]

The shower may have a limit stop on the handle.
Pull the handle and you will see the clip that prevents the rotation range.

 

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[Dragul]

I don't see anything but we never had this problem till the new hot water heater was put in. Even turned both pilot lights up to 150.

 

[hj]

It should have nothing to do with the new heater. Normally it happens because when the hot water comes out of the shower head and mixes with the air, the hottest water turns to steam and goes up to the ceiling.

 

[Reach4]

The new water heater may have a mixing valve installed with the new WH. https://terrylove.com/forums/index....c-mixing-valves-water-heater-tempering.45651/ If you have such a valve, turning up the WH thermostat setting does not increase the temperature delivered to the bathroom.

Then the limited hot temperature sent to the bathroom, along with the shower cooling effect that hj described, could keep you from getting the hot shower you want. This is not to say that the other things could not be the problem. It is something that would have happened during the WH replacement.

 

[Terry]

I think we need a picture of how the water heater is connected.

 

[Jadnashua]

This does not make sense...it is exactly the same water that would go out the tub spout as goes up to the showerhead. As HJ said, that coming out of the shower can feel cooler because of the distance it has to fall through the air, but it should be coming out the same temp. You could run it into a bucket and measure the temps. Should be the same if you hold the bucket up close to the showerhead verses the tub spout.