Hot and Cold Hot Water
I'm sure anyone with a Suburban gas/electric 6 gal water heater (and other heaters too) have experienced two separate problems - the unmixec hot water comes out blazing hot, and when the water-saver s...
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boogie_4wheel wrote:
On mine, after I get the temperature set and shut off at the shower head, it gets wicked hot again for 1-2sec on restart. Gotta aim it at the wall.
Same here with an Atwood WH and standard shower head w/ shut-off button. I hold a washcloth over the shower head when I turn it back on. The problem isn't as bad after I installed a 2-gallon expansion tank in the bathroom sink cabinet. My theory is that it gives more cold water on the initial valve opening.
Side note - I used to have weeping at the WH pop-off valve but installing the expansion tank seems to have fixed that problem.
