Low hot water temp.
Hello,I have the Atwood GE16 EXT hot water heater in my jayco,this spring the water coming out when try the hot water was very foamy,redrained/purged air out of tank/lines,turned on water heater,fires...
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janstey58 wrote:
This Atwood water heater has a "mixing valve" on the rear of the heater that may be plugged or inoperable. It allows the water heated to be hotter than normal, then the mix valve adds cold at a pre-set level to bring the water temp down to normal hot. You might check that.
Water Heater T-stat allows water to be heated to 160*F
Mixing valve has HOT IN and a COLD IN....set for 130*F out to hot water system
Hot In from tank to mixing valve gets clogged up and either get warm or cold water out of it (depends on how clogged hot in is)
Remove mixing valve and clean it out (CLR, Vinegar, Lime Away etc)
Rinse/flush out the HOT OUT on tank
Rinse/Flush Water Heater Tank thru drain
New OEM Mixing valves are expensive........other types can be used that are cheaper (still costly) from Home Depot, Lowes, ACE etc
