It is 99% certain that you will end up replacing it.
Possibly the thermostat
is bad and the gas valve could be replaced, but at 15 years old, most plumbers
would think it foolish not to replace it.
doug
--- On Mon, 1/25/10, Rich
White <rlwhitetr3b@hotmail.com> wrote:
> From: Rich White
<rlwhitetr3b@hotmail.com>
> Subject: [Shop-talk] Water heater problem
> To:
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> Date: Monday, January 25, 2010,
5:00 PM
> Periodically our water heater does
> not get the water very hot.
Most of the
> time, the first shower of the morning is nice and hot even
>
requiring some cold
> water to be added to the mix. Sometimes it is only
>
warm with no cold water
> added. It is like the heater is not always heating
> the water to the same
> temperature. It is a fifteen year old gas water
>
heater. Any ideas what to
> look for?
> Rich White St. Joseph, IL USA
> '63
TR3B TCF587L
> That ain't a scrap pile, that is my car!
>
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