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What could be wrong when the water heater keeps ...

What could be wrong when the water heater keeps turning off by itself? I am wondering if I should replace it, but it doesn't look that old. I know how to get it going again, but it is a pain in the you know what to wait for the water to heat up when you are in a hurry.

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Brian
Brian Answered:

It could be that that the gas volume is not set high enough. A plumber can check this for you. My gas volume was between 7-8 and the heater kept cutting off. The plumber set the volume to 12 and it works fine now.

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