I need help with my hot water tank. Anyone here got any advice?
To give a run down, I have my thermostat set at 120 degrees, (been this way for 9 years), today I felt my water was getting "to hot" so I got a temp sensor and it's @ 138+. Way to hot.
I know the element is working (it's still heating), but it seems the thermostat is messed up.
Now the tank is 9 years old, it's a single element 40 gal tank in a modular home.(fancy name for a double wide;)).
Do I need to replace the tank, or just the themostat? And if I need to replace the tank canyou recommend anyone close to Athens that can handle it? I tried to talk to lowes and they are a bunch of :poop:heads. Won't even give me the model number of the water heater he is recommending so I can look it up on his web site and check it out.