Howdy folks,
Our hot water heater lately hasn't been making the volume of water it did in the past. It's a 75 gallon Rheem. ~75k BTUs and if I recall correctly a recovery volume of ~68 gallons. Anyhow we have 3 adults, 3 kids, and a jacuzzi tub, and in the past there wasn't anything we could do that would exhaust the hot water supply. Showers, dishwasher, baths, washing machine, etc, it never ran out.
Now it does run out, especially when filling the jacuzzi. When it's hot it's as hot as usual. It seems to kick back on as you'd expect. There is a little bit of leaking from time to time from the drain spout.
The trick is this thing is 20 years old or so. I suspect that whatever the problem is, the real answer is probably "get a new one".
I've never done any maintenance or repairs on this thing and have never purchased a water heater before, so any thoughts would be appreciated. It's an "atmospheric" vent type and I do plan to stick with that, so don't need info on forced exhaust, tankless, etc.
jeff
Our hot water heater lately hasn't been making the volume of water it did in the past. It's a 75 gallon Rheem. ~75k BTUs and if I recall correctly a recovery volume of ~68 gallons. Anyhow we have 3 adults, 3 kids, and a jacuzzi tub, and in the past there wasn't anything we could do that would exhaust the hot water supply. Showers, dishwasher, baths, washing machine, etc, it never ran out.
Now it does run out, especially when filling the jacuzzi. When it's hot it's as hot as usual. It seems to kick back on as you'd expect. There is a little bit of leaking from time to time from the drain spout.
The trick is this thing is 20 years old or so. I suspect that whatever the problem is, the real answer is probably "get a new one".
I've never done any maintenance or repairs on this thing and have never purchased a water heater before, so any thoughts would be appreciated. It's an "atmospheric" vent type and I do plan to stick with that, so don't need info on forced exhaust, tankless, etc.
jeff