On an electric hot water tank, there are two elements; one on the top of the tank and one on the bottom of the tank. If one is burnt out only half of the tank will be heated at any given time. Effectively reducing your hot water storage by half. The dip tube in a gas fired hot water tank could be broken. This causes the tank to short cycle across the top of the tank not allowing the water to be heated before it is sent to the fixture.
Why does my Hot Water Tank run out of hot water quickly now ?
December 5, 2013 by