On Jan 7, 7:59�am, Jay wrote:
On Jan 7, 12:48 am, "Bob M." wrote:





"Jay" wrote in message

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On Jan 6, 9:04 pm, cavedweller wrote:
On Jan 6, 7:18 pm, Jay wrote:

Any ideas what else this could be? �I've ordered a low flow shower
head.
Thanks,
Jay

Dip tube?

Would that fail right away? �The heater is only 2 weeks old...
Definitely hooked
up right! :-)

No, not right away. HOwever, was it even installed? �It should be in the
cold water side; it carries incoming cold water all the way to the bottom.
It is not usually something that is installed at the factory. �If it is
gone, the hot water at the top (heat rises) mixes with the incoming cold
water, providing exactly the problem you describe. �A dip tube costs $10 or
so.

The Dip tube isn't installed by default?? �You gotta be kidding me....
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normally its installed at the factory HOWEVER a buddy of mine had a
similar trouble............
one likely cause of this problem
you should NEVER sweat a pipe installed in a tank! or the dip tube
will melt and fall to the bottom. OP may have soldered pipe on tank,
stressed it bad, a few days later it broke off..........