gillumhouse
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We have a 50 gallon water tank. Usually adquate for our needs. One afternoon DH was doing dishes - not his normal time for doing dishes - and told me there was no hot water. It was Just barely after "hours" so it was premium rate. Called the plumber - it is a new tank! Plumber comes and looks at us as if we are idiots. No wonder there is no hot water - someone has turned the temp almost off. He sets to the "normal" level and we get a bill to choke a horse.
Water get HOT! I mean burn your hands hot. So we turn it down. Then turn it down. Then tun it down - to where it was when the plumber came in! That sucker makes the water so hot we have to keep it that low to keep people from scalding themselves.
We figure it out. Guests returned from their outing and we think one filled the claw-foot tub (BIG TUB) and the other took a nice long shower. Then when DH started the dishes, it was more than the poor tank could handle. The ONLY time we have ever run out of hot water.
Water get HOT! I mean burn your hands hot. So we turn it down. Then turn it down. Then tun it down - to where it was when the plumber came in! That sucker makes the water so hot we have to keep it that low to keep people from scalding themselves.
We figure it out. Guests returned from their outing and we think one filled the claw-foot tub (BIG TUB) and the other took a nice long shower. Then when DH started the dishes, it was more than the poor tank could handle. The ONLY time we have ever run out of hot water.