Ok. Any possibiity of a broken dip tube? I was told dip tube could have been broken during soldering (instalation) and I am getting hot and cold water through my hot faucet.
New. Dec 2013.
Kitchen has the hottest water in the house. It is the closest to the heater too. Can the water cool 15 F in 10 ft of copper pipes (in slab)?
Water doesnt cool down at faucet after it reaches the max.
Cooking thermometer. I also calibrated it.
2 months old. Electric.
I don't know about that, but if that happened, your hot water at the sink would only stay hot for a limited time before the cold water coming into the heater flowed to the hot water output. Your hot water stays hot many minutes once hot, so you are not having a dip tube problem.I was told dip tubes could melt during soldering.
Is that an electronic thermometer with a probe? If so, try taping the probe to your hot water pipe coming out of the heater. Wrap insulating material around the pipe and probe combo. Use that to measure the water temperature during extended flows.Used a cup of crushed ice. Waited for it to melt a bit and set thermometer to 32 F. Thermometer is pretty close to HVAC thermostat.
This is awkward, but...
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