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JR 
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Joined: 31 Aug 2018 Location: Manistee, MI Online Status: Offline Posts: 376 |
 Topic: Water hot in heater but barely lukewarm from tapsPosted: 09 Oct 2020 at 8:55am |
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Before replacing the faucet you might want to just disconnect the faucet and plug the water lines then try your system and see if you get hot water in the sinks. Just a thought.
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Jay
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Tim and Barbara
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Joined: 07 Oct 2020 Location: Toronto,Ontario Online Status: Offline Posts: 5 |
Posted: 09 Oct 2020 at 8:45am |
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Thank you Furpod. This is helpful. Yes the third valve is closed. The system worked fine in July - it was after we changed the faucet on outside shower that it stopped working. So that must be the problem! Your explanation of the DC circuit is helpful. Didn't know that. We think the faucet is flawed - it doesn't close properly. So we're going to replace it again with a better one.
Thanks everyone!
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Tim & Barbara, Ontario
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crankster78
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Joined: 08 May 2018 Location: Minn Online Status: Offline Posts: 163 |
Posted: 09 Oct 2020 at 8:36am |
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Greetings:
I don't use the water heater at all, I have it bypassed. I heat water in a large pot on the stove. It heats up just what i need in a short time and saves water. Crankster78 R-179
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Crankster 78 R-179 2015
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furpod
Moderator Group - pHp 
Joined: 25 Jul 2011 Location: Central KY Online Status: Offline Posts: 6128 |
Posted: 08 Oct 2020 at 9:01pm |
When you say "fully open"...do you have 3 valves? if so, the center one should be fully closed. The middle being open, gives exactly the symptoms you are describing. The other possibility is at the outside shower.. remove the shower head. Open both taps, flow water, close both taps. The hot water system is like a DC circuit, if a valve is open in the wrong place or order, it can "short"..
Also... Make sure the inside shower is not "on".. Same thing, make sure that the shower head isn't "off", and the valves on... Happens. |
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StephenH
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Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6418 |
Posted: 08 Oct 2020 at 3:40pm |
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Hello Tim and Barbara, To upload photos, you need to used he advanced editor. Look for what appears to be two overlapping boxes with an arrow pointing to the top-right corner. Click on that, and it will take you to the advanced editor. There is an icon there that looks like a tree. Click on that and you will have a dialog box that will let you upload photos. One suggestion is to use an image editing program such as the GIMP program to resize your photos to 800x600. That will reduce the size of them and they will still be clear enough for people to see what you are trying to point out. If necessary, you cold go to 1024x768, but much larger may not show up because of the size.
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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
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Tim and Barbara
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Joined: 07 Oct 2020 Location: Toronto,Ontario Online Status: Offline Posts: 5 |
Posted: 08 Oct 2020 at 3:31pm |
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Thanks everyone. Yes the water heater is working. As I said original post, when we open the release valve it comes out hot and the red tube coming from heater is hot. We have re-checked the valves numerous times. They are set correctly. Fully open. Could it be that the new outside shower faucet has a small hole? it has what appears to be a small vent and when we checked it just now, it drips water. Or could insect have crawled in the month we were waiting for the new faucet part to arrive? I took a photo but don't know how to upload photos in this forum.
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Tim & Barbara, Ontario
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JR
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Joined: 31 Aug 2018 Location: Manistee, MI Online Status: Offline Posts: 376 |
Posted: 08 Oct 2020 at 2:15pm |
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I only have 2 bypass valves so make sure those valves are fully open...if they are only partially opened that could cause the same problem.
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Jay
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mjlrpod
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Joined: 27 Sep 2016 Location: Massachusetts Online Status: Offline Posts: 1221 |
Posted: 08 Oct 2020 at 2:00pm |
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This definitely sounds like a case of having the bypass set wrong. Your water is NOT going thru the h/w heater. I hope theres water IN the heater
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StephenH
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Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6418 |
Posted: 08 Oct 2020 at 1:57pm |
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Please double-check the bypass valve. It really sounds to me like the center valve is set wrong.
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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
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Tim and Barbara
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Joined: 07 Oct 2020 Location: Toronto,Ontario Online Status: Offline Posts: 5 |
Posted: 08 Oct 2020 at 12:20pm |
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We just went out and held both faucets of outdoor shower snugly closed while running sink tap. Water still tepid. It always has half a second of hot water every time we check, then becomes tepid.
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Tim & Barbara, Ontario
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