Greetings,
We bought a new house with 2 hot water tanks, connected together, in the garage. From the research I've done so far, I'd say they are in series, not parallel (not 100% sure). Here's my issue: The shower in the master bath is just warm water. It does not get very hot so we open the faucet up the whole way (I took out the stopper underneath the handle to see if this was the problem). If the guest shower is on, (which is right next to the master shower) then the master shower gets very hot, but only if the guest shower is on. I can adjust the thermostat on the main tank (right now it's about 125ºF), but it does not affect the master shower directly. Both tanks are electric and are connected via a copper pipe on the top. From there, both heaters have a pipe that are run into a wall (I do not know where they go from there). The main tank (the one with the thermostat) has a valve on the pipe before it goes into the wall, it appears to be in the off position (not 100% on this one either - I didn't want to mess anything up). I'm not sure the pipe layout between the master shower and the guest shower, but they have to be connected somehow, or the water temp wouldn't change in the master shower when the guest shower was on.
If anyone has any ideas how I can heat up the master shower water while the guest shower is off, please let me know.
We bought a new house with 2 hot water tanks, connected together, in the garage. From the research I've done so far, I'd say they are in series, not parallel (not 100% sure). Here's my issue: The shower in the master bath is just warm water. It does not get very hot so we open the faucet up the whole way (I took out the stopper underneath the handle to see if this was the problem). If the guest shower is on, (which is right next to the master shower) then the master shower gets very hot, but only if the guest shower is on. I can adjust the thermostat on the main tank (right now it's about 125ºF), but it does not affect the master shower directly. Both tanks are electric and are connected via a copper pipe on the top. From there, both heaters have a pipe that are run into a wall (I do not know where they go from there). The main tank (the one with the thermostat) has a valve on the pipe before it goes into the wall, it appears to be in the off position (not 100% on this one either - I didn't want to mess anything up). I'm not sure the pipe layout between the master shower and the guest shower, but they have to be connected somehow, or the water temp wouldn't change in the master shower when the guest shower was on.
If anyone has any ideas how I can heat up the master shower water while the guest shower is off, please let me know.