Not enough hot water

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Not enough infos.. Some possibilities: faulty mixing valve, not enough gas pressure coming out of the meter, restricted hot water flow or the water heater is just not big enough.
 
not in million fawking years!!!!!!!!!!!! I will sell my BJ70 to Mushro!!!!!!!!

Alex
85 BJ70
93 FZJ80
 
Jford,

"The first ? I have is where are you located??? From the looks of your handle, your from the north???", No I am not from north, I am in south central KY.

We also have gas heat (2 heat pumps) and the problem with hot water (not enough) started happening, would say about 1.5 ago and if the gas company did something that I am not aware of, maybe it has a direct impact on not enough gas needed for water heater. I will check with gas company and post the results.

Water heater is located upstairs, we have a two story house and there is pleanty of ventilation in the small area upstairs (water heater only).

Thanks for great ideas and comments.

Alex
85 BJ70
93 FZJ80
 
Jford,

I called the gas company and sure, they replaced the meter in March of 2004. My question is, what is the purpose of this diaphram? Also, I have two natural gas furnaces, one downstairs and another one upstairs.


Thanks,
Alex
85 BJ70
93 FZJ80
 
bj70alex, have your gas regulator check also. It might be defective or not adjusted correctly.
 
jford said:
It's not a "Hot Water Heater" it's a "WATER HEATER"!!!! :)

Jford.
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LMAO!!!

I run into these about 2X week in my line of work.

I worked with a guy that would go ballastic anytime somebody used that phrase.

I'm no plumber, but let me tell you if yours is 10+ years old, get it checked, or just replace it with a more efficient unit. Make sure you have a pan underneath it so when if fails it will catch the water.

USE A BIG TUB! Those 1-2" lip pans do a horrible job of keeping up when 40 gallons come rushing at it....(Rust through, or pop-off pressure valve "relieves" itself. Make sure the drain line isn't clogged either. )
 
bj70alex said:
Jford,

I called the gas company and sure, they replaced the meter in March of 2004. My question is, what is the purpose of this diaphram? Also, I have two natural gas furnaces, one downstairs and another one upstairs.


Thanks,
Alex
85 BJ70
93 FZJ80
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The purpose of the diaphram is to regulate the pressure of the incomming gas. If you have two furnaces, 2 water heaters, gas dryer, gas stove and oven, gas garrage heater you should let the gas co know as you are overtaxing the "normal" gas use. We had mostly electric appliances when we moved in and when we put in our gass appliances it did the same thing to us that is happening to you. The diaphram will not let enough gas(low pressure) into the line to feed all the equipment you have running. Have the gas co come ouy and take a look at what appliances you are runnung and they will be able to tell you what the issues are for your application.
 
The single handle MIXET shower valve will go bad and you will notice a cooler shower. Replacing the valve is a good first step, the water heater must have adequate supply to maintain temp adequately. a 1 inch copper feed will supply a 50 gallon heater and keep it warm for about 40 minutes at 140 degrees. smaller feedlines restrict the capacity and burn the gas.. Electric heaters are nearly taboo as they are energy clods. no efficiency at all.
 
I'm sort of guessing this was resolved sometime in the past seven years...
 
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