replying to Peabody, rdankwort wrote:
This is a very common phenomenon in water heaters. In the morning my temp. is
just warm; after I do a load of laundry it is piping hot. And in-between for
moderate use.

Unlike you I don't like to mess with my thermostat setting. It's a crummy
honeywell regulator on a Bradford-White tank. The Robertshaw I used to have
on my earlier tank at least had visible and large temp. setting marks; the
honeywell is a tiny knob with useless setting markers.

Anyway, if I want hot water in the morning I try to get up a bit early & run a
water faucet somewhere. I know that'sa sinful waste of water but what would
you.

BTW living in a hot desert climate I have a very different summer problem
also: between the hot garage temperatures and the pilot my water runs almost
dangerously hot.. The pilot alone keeps the temp. up! I once tried just
shutting off the pilot but then the water temp.was way too low.

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