Okay so the next plumbing issue I've discovered in this house I've moved into is that the water heater is only putting out warm water.
It's a new Bradford White "DEFENDER SAFETY SYSTEM®
ATMOSPHERIC VENT ENERGY SAVER MODELS" according to the model#
At first I thought it was just because the thermostat dial was set to "Vacation" so I turned it up to one of the middle "icon" settings waited awhile but that didn't do anything so I cranked it up to the max and that still didn't do anything.
All the faucets (2 bathrooms with tub/shower and sink and kitchen) are putting out the same lukewarm water.
Letting the hot (warm) water run in the kitchen and feeling the water pipes on the heater the cold one stays cold and the hot water one only feels warm to the grasp like the water temperature itself.
I also flushed out some of the water from the tank itself. At first the water was cold and then slowly it got warmer though never as warm as the water coming out of the kitchen. I shut it off before waiting to see if it would get as warm since I wasn't sure how much water was safe to flush out of the tank with the setup I had (gas was still on, cold water valve still open).
Edit: I hooked up a hose to the spigot since there wasn't really room to just put a bucket underneath so some of that cold water may have been from that.
I tried to look at the pilot light and burner unit but I couldn't see anything with only the front panel off and I didn't want to try and take off the inner one.
My guess at this point is that the thermostat is not hooked up/wired/working properly. Are there any other simple things I can check/test out to verify the actual problem? Assuming it is the thermostat is that something a complete plumbing novice (though I did manage to install my new kitchen faucet with no leaks...so far ) could fix? Or should I just bring in a plumber?
The realtor of the person who sold the house installed the water heater and based on the other work he did on the house I'm assuming he didn't do a good job/do it properly so you might want to take that into consideration.
Couple more pics of the water heater. It's sitting in a outside closet:
It's a new Bradford White "DEFENDER SAFETY SYSTEM®
ATMOSPHERIC VENT ENERGY SAVER MODELS" according to the model#
At first I thought it was just because the thermostat dial was set to "Vacation" so I turned it up to one of the middle "icon" settings waited awhile but that didn't do anything so I cranked it up to the max and that still didn't do anything.
All the faucets (2 bathrooms with tub/shower and sink and kitchen) are putting out the same lukewarm water.
Letting the hot (warm) water run in the kitchen and feeling the water pipes on the heater the cold one stays cold and the hot water one only feels warm to the grasp like the water temperature itself.
I also flushed out some of the water from the tank itself. At first the water was cold and then slowly it got warmer though never as warm as the water coming out of the kitchen. I shut it off before waiting to see if it would get as warm since I wasn't sure how much water was safe to flush out of the tank with the setup I had (gas was still on, cold water valve still open).
Edit: I hooked up a hose to the spigot since there wasn't really room to just put a bucket underneath so some of that cold water may have been from that.
I tried to look at the pilot light and burner unit but I couldn't see anything with only the front panel off and I didn't want to try and take off the inner one.
My guess at this point is that the thermostat is not hooked up/wired/working properly. Are there any other simple things I can check/test out to verify the actual problem? Assuming it is the thermostat is that something a complete plumbing novice (though I did manage to install my new kitchen faucet with no leaks...so far ) could fix? Or should I just bring in a plumber?
The realtor of the person who sold the house installed the water heater and based on the other work he did on the house I'm assuming he didn't do a good job/do it properly so you might want to take that into consideration.
Couple more pics of the water heater. It's sitting in a outside closet:
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