Why Does My Water Heater Have Plenty Of Hot Water In The Winter,and No Hot Water In The Summer?
I live in a one family home with an electric heater. In the spring and summer I can’t get more then an inch of hot water in the tub before it runs cold, In the winter hot water never runs out. How can I fix this?
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October 13, 2009 @ 10:00 pm
I used to live in Florida and the electric company installed a remote control device so that they can turn off the electric water heater during high peak hours. Also make sure that the water heater is not connected to a timer or thermometer. The 3rd possibility is that in summer, the heat (if located at direct sun light) makes the thermostat detect heat and therefore not turn the water heater on. Do you have a passive sun powered water heater? if so does it work correctly?
October 14, 2009 @ 3:53 am
Bad lower thermostat or it is set at a very cold temperature.
If you are getting that little amount of hot water, it is only the water being heated by the top element.
The lower is not coming on. It should normally do amost all of the heating.
Your cold water comes in to the bottom and should trip the lower element on first. The top rarely needs to come on. that gives you a full tank of hot.
Why you are seeing the difference now is that your cold water coming in is likely warmer and because the thermostat is going out or set too cold the incoming water is too warm to trip it.
First test is to turn it up to a hotter temperature and see if it “clicks”. If it does and it was set at the normal 120 or 125 temp. then it is bad.
That’s my best guess.
Good Luck.
October 14, 2009 @ 9:17 am
Why would you need hot water in summer?
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