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Doug Miller

In article .com, wrote:
I recently bought a house with a gas water heater and am getting odd
results. Sometimes, i have plenty of hot water, other times, i can
only get luke warm water. It is not due to other sources of water
consuption. The variablity holds true even when the dishwater,
washining maching, etc. has not been in use (first thing in the
morning, for instance). Is this normal for gas water heaters? What
could cause this variable amount of hot water?

No, it's not normal. My first thought is a defective thermostat, that's
allowing the water to cool off too much before it ignites the burner. If you
run the hot water while the burner is on, or shortly after it shuts off, you
get really hot water -- run it long after the burner has shut off, and all you
get is luke-warm water.

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Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.