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Do I have a bad water heater?

ajrosen posted : We recently replaced our hot water heater (10 years old) with a new one from Lowes. The old one was cooling off rapidly, and it sounded like a dip tube issue, and not worth replacing...

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tschmidt posted : 16 3.5 gallon buckets is 56 gallons of water. Looks OK to me but I'm no expert. Do you know the flow rate of the shower head? A low flow 2.5 gallon per minute head means total shower...

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ajrosen posted : This was measured at a utility sink, and is pure hot water, not a mix.

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ropeguru posted : That burner pic looks a little too orange colored. I am also no expert but just going on what I have seen in the past.

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dcurrey posted : Doesn't the yellow flame indicate improper burning and possible carbon monoxide issues?This can be caused by dirty burners improperly calibrated or bad gas. Note: I also figured out a...

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StillLearn posted : I see that your old shower valve has a problem anyway. »www.faucetdepot.com/resources/bu···wer.html says A thermostatic temperature control shower valve allows you to provide not...

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jack b posted : Even though it's a 50 gallon tank, the tank recovery rating is only for 40.5 gallons per hour @ a 90 rise. By the 12th bucket you used the tank's entire first hour's total worth of...

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ajrosen posted : said by jack b:Even though it's a 50 gallon tank, the tank recovery rating is only for 40.5 gallons per hour @ a 90 rise. By the 12th bucket you used the tank's entire first hour's...

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tschmidt posted : said by ajrosen: My issue is that if the heater was off it should have 50 gallons of 130 degree water, but after 40 gallons I was down to 118 degrees. Now, cold water was coming in...

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kherr posted : As a comparison, I have 3 body sprays (7.5 g/m total, I have water pres. over 70 psi so I should get very close if not full rating) and can easily take a 10 min. shower (water as hot as...

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Subaru posted : said by dcurrey:I also figured out a nebulizer will create yellow flames on stove for couple hours after use. yeah I never knew having my humidifier on would cause my stove to burn...

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