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DougMatthews
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Mar 29, 2017

Water Heater barely warm water - NO bypass valve

Need some help. I have a Suburban water heater (gas only, near as I can tell). Rig is 2008 Weekend Warrior 25' (super light?). After WH is running for 20 minutes (or more) the water is detectabl...
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DougMatthews
Explorer
Mar 30, 2017
dougrainer wrote:
IF you are testing while the burner is ON. WHY????????? If the burner is ON, the Tstat has not reached its shut off temp. LET IT RUN UNTIL IT SHUTS OFF. Then test your water. Doug


The unit used to reach temp and shut off in under 10 min (anecdotal, never measured).

Seems that if it is barely warm in 30 minutes it's going to be hours (if ever) before the Tstat shuts it off. That won't support taking a shower.

/Doug

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