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bad water heater?

Gismo123Gismo123 member
in June 2012 Moms
So as I was taking a shower the water went from a nice hot to cold...not freezing but just below room temperature. I checked thed water in the 2nd bathroom and in the kitchen and they all have no hot water.

We live in a brand new house and the water heater is brand new. So I'm not sure what the problem is. Any ideas?
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  • henrytviiihenrytviii member
    Is it an electric water heater?.  Can you tell if it is getting power?  If not check the fuse.  I really have no idea but those would be my first few steps.  Good luck.
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  • jess9802jess9802 member

    Assuming you weren't running anything else that uses hot water (like your washing machine or dishwasher), I'd assume it's broken. Just because it's new doesn't mean it can't go on the fritz.

    How annoying!

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  • alizabethannealizabethanne member
    Maybe its turned way down. Check what its set at maybe?
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  • AliciaS1411AliciaS1411 member
    imagealizabethanne:
    Maybe its turned way down. Check what its set at maybe?

    This was my first thought. 

    Gismo I'm sorry you're having so many issues right after you moved! How frustrating! Did you even find anything out about the water bill?
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  • unaveragejaneunaveragejane member
    If it's gas, could the pilot light have blown out?
                 

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  • Gismo123Gismo123 member
    DH is going to look at the water heater in the morning. It's an electric one and it's weird because an hour later the hot water was back but if I left it on too long....like when I was washing the dishes....it started to go cold again.

    As for the water bill...I think it was the damn sprinkler system. I walked around the whole property and counted how many heads there were and what gallon or quart per min. it was and I did the math. It still doesn't add up but because we are suppossed to be on water rations...meaning only water yard 1 day a week....I think we got penalized.

    The DH called for an audit...we'll see what happens! Whoever installed the system had it going off everyday for 45 min. Ya.....we changed it to 1 time a week for 20 min.

    We may have to just bite the bullet and learn from our mistake. At least we have a roof over our head right!?
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