On Dec 30, 11:01�pm, "Ed Pawlowski" wrote:
"AZ Nomad" wrote in message

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On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:51:32 -0600, Dan wrote:
If my electric water heater is not providing adequate hot water for a 20
minute shower anymore is it time for total replacement or just replacing
the thermostat? �TIA, Dan

Thermostats are adjustable. �Have you tried turning it up? �The usual
recomendation is set by safety idiots who don't think hot water shouldn't
be any
hotter than lukeworm. �If nobody living in your house is mentally
handicaped
then you can set it far hotter.

But that does not fix the problem. Note, he said "anymore" meaning it used
to and now does not. �Something broke.

thermostats lose calibration and drift, kids turn knobs. things
happen.

increasing the tanks temperature a little may solve the problem. he
could turn the tank to max after adding a tempering valve so no one
can get scalded