Okay, I dripped two faucets this week, dripping both hot and cold water, two nights this week when the temps dropped down to the high 20s. Both Saturday and Sunday the faucets were dripping . . . or actually streaming a bit . . . for 12 hours. Hence, there was no hot water Monday morning. No surprise, yet there is still no hot water today, which is Tuesday morning. No showers have been obviously taken and the washer and dishwasher have only been ran twice each since Monday morning.
The hot water tank is a huge 50-gallon electric Whirlpool one that is over 10 years old. The green light is on, but is flashing twice, as I believe usually, which means the temperature setting is higher than 120 degrees. It is only a tiny bit higher. The heater is located in a cold storage room. We don't have central heating in the house, but wall heaters, so that part of the house is not kept heated. My questions are, please: 1) Is it just a matter of time that the water will heat up in the tank again? 2) Or does it sound like the water heater is too old to do so and needs to be replaced?
The hot water tank is a huge 50-gallon electric Whirlpool one that is over 10 years old. The green light is on, but is flashing twice, as I believe usually, which means the temperature setting is higher than 120 degrees. It is only a tiny bit higher. The heater is located in a cold storage room. We don't have central heating in the house, but wall heaters, so that part of the house is not kept heated. My questions are, please: 1) Is it just a matter of time that the water will heat up in the tank again? 2) Or does it sound like the water heater is too old to do so and needs to be replaced?
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