Water Heater does not heat all 6 gallons
I have a 6 gallon Suburban water heater, on the last trip we ran out of hot water much quicker than usual. When we got home I ran the water heater, made sure it was nice and hot, then measured 3.5 ...
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Old-Biscuit wrote:
What's you definition of 'HOT'?
I would define HOT as 120*+, it was this Hot tested by touch for about 3.5 gallons and got significanlty cooler, sub 100*.
I noticed the pressure relief valve was leaking and does not reset easily/completly. I know I will need to replace it, but do you think this would significantly affect the heating ability?
For what it is worth I drained the water heater by gravity and got 6 gallons, for safety reasons I drained it cold, at least I'm reasonbly confident it is filling up completely and I got minimal corrosion for
the first few seconds when draining.
Thanks again for everyone's help.
