Just bought a new home and have a reliance heater. Some times the water is luke warm and some time it is like a boiler pipe. what should I look for or test
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Water Heaters - Reliance - & 30 Gal LP Gas Water Heater
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Sounds like you have the heater set on its highest setting and its tripping the thermal protector. If that trips the water inside has to cool way down before it resets itself. Try setting the temp lower.
One more thing this time of year the water comming into the home is a lot colder this time of year and that makes the heater work harder and takes longer to heat the water. 40 degree water takes longer to heat than 65 degree water in the summer. This also means that it dont take much water cool the water in the water heater faster to luke warn.
If this is new home with a new water hater you might think about going tankless,then you have endless hot water and save money at the same time.