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I know it sounds strange, but my water heater seems to fail to fully
heat the water once it initially gets hot. If I take a shower after
not using any hot water for several hours, it doesn't get past
lukewarm. Not cold, but definitely not hot. However, if I've recently
run a few gallons of hot water (i.e. within the last hour or so) the
shower is very hot for as long as I'd want to shower.
It's a 30gal, nat gas, Hotpoint model #HG30T1A, approx 4.5yrs old.
Anyone else experience this? Anything that can be adjusted to take
care of this?
Thanks,
Andy


If this is an electric water heater it has two elements an upper and a
lower. And, two thermostats, one turns off the other element. Here is how it
works. As you use a lot of water the upper element comes on. As the water at
the top gets hot, it goes off and the lower one goes on to heat the reserve
water.

Al