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Shower upstairs hot-cold-hot-cold.. sonofabitchsky 08-29-2007
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Posted by on August 29, 2007, 12:27 pm
Got a shower upstairs that works fine for about 5 minutes, then the
water gets really hot, then colder and so on. This is happening
without anyone in the house using anything. House was built in the
late 70's early 80's I guess with a newer water heater and copper
piping. Any ideas?


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Posted by Speedy Jim on August 29, 2007, 12:32 pm
sonofabitchsky@hotmail.com wrote:
> Got a shower upstairs that works fine for about 5 minutes, then the
> water gets really hot, then colder and so on. This is happening
> without anyone in the house using anything. House was built in the
> late 70's early 80's I guess with a newer water heater and copper
> piping. Any ideas?
>

Gas? Electric? Heater

Run water and feel the outlet pipe at the heater.
Does the temp vary (a lot)?

Does the shower control have scald-gard or similar temp control?

Jim

Posted by on August 29, 2007, 5:22 pm
> sonofabitch...@hotmail.com wrote:
> > Got a shower upstairs that works fine for about 5 minutes, then the
> > water gets really hot, then colder and so on. This is happening
> > without anyone in the house using anything. House was built in the
> > late 70's early 80's I guess with a newer water heater and copper
> > piping. Any ideas?
>
> Gas? Electric? Heater
>
> Run water and feel the outlet pipe at the heater.
> Does the temp vary (a lot)?
>
> Does the shower control have scald-gard or similar temp control?
>
> Jim

Gas heater. No, no scald guard.


Posted by Speedy Jim on August 29, 2007, 5:31 pm
sonofabitchsky@hotmail.com wrote:
>
>>sonofabitch...@hotmail.com wrote:
>>
>>>Got a shower upstairs that works fine for about 5 minutes, then the
>>>water gets really hot, then colder and so on. This is happening
>>>without anyone in the house using anything. House was built in the
>>>late 70's early 80's I guess with a newer water heater and copper
>>>piping. Any ideas?
>>
>>Gas? Electric? Heater
>>
>>Run water and feel the outlet pipe at the heater.
>>Does the temp vary (a lot)?
>>
>>Does the shower control have scald-gard or similar temp control?
>>
>>Jim
>
>
> Gas heater. No, no scald guard.
>

Then do the "feel-the-pipe" test.
Jim

Posted by on August 29, 2007, 5:39 pm
> sonofabitch...@hotmail.com wrote:
>
> >>sonofabitch...@hotmail.com wrote:
>
> >>>Got a shower upstairs that works fine for about 5 minutes, then the
> >>>water gets really hot, then colder and so on. This is happening
> >>>without anyone in the house using anything. House was built in the
> >>>late 70's early 80's I guess with a newer water heater and copper
> >>>piping. Any ideas?
>
> >>Gas? Electric? Heater
>
> >>Run water and feel the outlet pipe at the heater.
> >>Does the temp vary (a lot)?
>
> >>Does the shower control have scald-gard or similar temp control?
>
> >>Jim
>
> > Gas heater. No, no scald guard.
>
> Then do the "feel-the-pipe" test.
> Jim

Ok, I will let you know.


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