Monday, January 16, 2012

No hot water

That is what we woke up to today...no hot water. The "new" hot water tank (Only about a year old) that sits suspended on the bathroom wall, was unresponsive. Dennis began the process of finding out why...which led to having to go out to buy new batteries because the volt meter needed new batteries. He ruled out the need for a new fuse and also ruled out the volt meter, since even with a new power source...neither of the two we have here would work. By then the morning nurse had arrived but alas there was no hot water for Denise's shower. Thinking ahead, Dennis had filled our biggest pot with water and heated it on the stovetop (very Money Pit of him) and the nurses used what we had for Denise.

Off to the largest local hardware store for a volt meter, Dennis reappeared 30 minutes later to inform us that the store was closed for lunch, from 12-2PM.  He hadn't even considered this possibility since the store he was visiting was quite large..but they do indeed close down completely for lunch. Imagine your local Home Depot closing from noon to 2PM, for lunch, every single day.

Dennis now heads back out to see if he can locate a volt meter and then return to test the element on the heater and the thermostat. Then once he determines which is failing, he has to return to the store to purchase the part. We may have hot water by dinner! No, that's right...we won't..even if he fixes it today, the water tank takes 4 hours to heat. So we may have hot water tomorrow!!!

Poor Dennis!