I just installed a Kenmore 153.332050 (50 gallon Natgas power vent) water heater in my basement.
After a couple of weeks of use, I have incrementally lowered the temperature setting all the way down to its lowest point.. After that, it goes into vacation mode.. We still have plenty of hot water.
My question has to do with the frequency that it turns on. If you wash your hands and use a small bit of warm water, the heater turns on. WHAT?? So even if I pull just a couple of quarts of hot water out of it its going to turn itself on to reheat? Is that normal?
Seems to me that the thermostat has a very tight hysteresis (dead-band).
In my old place, I had a normally vented 40 gallon unit and it wouldn't turn on until you used a significant amount of water..
After a couple of weeks of use, I have incrementally lowered the temperature setting all the way down to its lowest point.. After that, it goes into vacation mode.. We still have plenty of hot water.
My question has to do with the frequency that it turns on. If you wash your hands and use a small bit of warm water, the heater turns on. WHAT?? So even if I pull just a couple of quarts of hot water out of it its going to turn itself on to reheat? Is that normal?
Seems to me that the thermostat has a very tight hysteresis (dead-band).
In my old place, I had a normally vented 40 gallon unit and it wouldn't turn on until you used a significant amount of water..