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Owen Wilson
 
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Default shower mystery: suddenly cold water

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.


 
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