During daylight savings time I have no shortage of hot water to my back
shower. Once daylight savings time ends (and the weather gets colder),
there is a sudden shortage of hot water and I must cut my showers short or
freeze.

I have a single knob to vary how much hot water/cold water I get, and I have
noticed once there is no more hot water, I can 'overtwist' the knob slightly
and there seems to be more available hot water for a short time.

My hot water heater is insulated, as are all pipes leaving the ho****er
heater so heat losses I am not considering. Is is possible at the end of
daylight savings time the local water company uses a different water source
which is much colder (~10F) than the original source during the other parts
of the year? Is there some component which is possibly faulty? Is it
possible a timer exists within my system of which I am not aware which could
be affected by the time change?

Any thoughts are appreciated.

Owen Wilson wrote:
During daylight savings time I have no shortage of hot water to my
back shower. Once daylight savings time ends (and the weather gets
colder), there is a sudden shortage of hot water and I must cut my
showers short or freeze.

I have a single knob to vary how much hot water/cold water I get, and
I have noticed once there is no more hot water, I can 'overtwist' the
knob slightly and there seems to be more available hot water for a
short time.

My hot water heater is insulated, as are all pipes leaving the
ho****er heater so heat losses I am not considering. Is is possible
at the end of daylight savings time the local water company uses a
different water source which is much colder (~10F) than the original
source during the other parts of the year? Is there some component
which is possibly faulty? Is it possible a timer exists within my
system of which I am not aware which could be affected by the time
change?

Any thoughts are appreciated.

Do you have a energy saving time of day control for that water heater?

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Joseph Meehan

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Owen Wilson wrote:
During daylight savings time I have no shortage of hot water to my
back shower. Once daylight savings time ends (and the weather gets
colder), there is a sudden shortage of hot water and I must cut my
showers short or freeze.

I have a single knob to vary how much hot water/cold water I get, and
I have noticed once there is no more hot water, I can 'overtwist' the
knob slightly and there seems to be more available hot water for a
short time.

My hot water heater is insulated, as are all pipes leaving the
ho****er heater so heat losses I am not considering. Is is possible
at the end of daylight savings time the local water company uses a
different water source which is much colder (~10F) than the original
source during the other parts of the year? Is there some component
which is possibly faulty? Is it possible a timer exists within my
system of which I am not aware which could be affected by the time
change?

Any thoughts are appreciated.

Do you have a energy saving time of day control for that water heater?

thats my guess.. i bet if you waited an hour you would have plenty of hot
water. having a colder source would make no difference otherwise. it would
simply be heated 10 more degrees.

randy