Notrog
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I recently replaced my old Kenmore PowerMiser 9 with a new version of the same model. My wife likes to take steaming hot baths, so she is used to running full hot water into the tub until it runs out, and then she takes a half hour to ease herself into the water. Strange, but true. Since we got the new heater, though, she can only run a few inches of hot, then it gets lukewarm. The water gets plenty hot, and the recovery is pretty quick, so it seems like the burner is doing its job. There is plenty of hot water for long showers, but of course the water is blended hot and cold.
So, I reasoned that the problem was a faulty inlet tube that was allowing the cold water to mix with the hot too high in the tank. The original tube looked fine, but I replaced it anyway. This is the new RotoSwirl tube that is supposed to swirl cold water around the bottom of the tank to keep it clear of settlement. My latest theory, then, is that this swirling is what is mixing the cold with the hot too high in the tank, and if I cut off the end of the tube it will give my wife the hot bath she wants.
Any thoughts/suggestions/warnings other than "tell your wife to take a shower?" I tried that already.
So, I reasoned that the problem was a faulty inlet tube that was allowing the cold water to mix with the hot too high in the tank. The original tube looked fine, but I replaced it anyway. This is the new RotoSwirl tube that is supposed to swirl cold water around the bottom of the tank to keep it clear of settlement. My latest theory, then, is that this swirling is what is mixing the cold with the hot too high in the tank, and if I cut off the end of the tube it will give my wife the hot bath she wants.
Any thoughts/suggestions/warnings other than "tell your wife to take a shower?" I tried that already.