How to have a hot shower without turning up the heat!

That sounds like a great idea dragon! I don't think I ever thought of it that way. I am definitely looking to save some electric and some money. If I can try something like doing dishes thirty minutes before a shower I will. Basically it kind of makes a lot of sense anyway. You figure that after waiting that would create the water heater to pump out more hot water later if that is the basis of what you are saying. Turning down the heat and saving more money over all is just what my family needs. The power is through the roof! It is just getting harder in these times of a harsh economy. Any kind of help and advice in how to save is so welcome. Thank you for your words of advice friend. Take care.

That sounds like a good idea. I love hot showers also. I also really like hot baths. Either of them are pretty nice as far as I am concerned. I like to have hot water and not run out. Sometimes I run out of hot water when I am taking my bath and I dont really like that very much.

It is a very good idea. I don't use water heater. I am already paying a huge amount for electricity and I don't want to increase the electricity bill. I love taking bath in the hot waters. What I do is, I have a tank and during afternoon and evening the water will be heat due to sun on the pipes and tank and I take bath during that time. I am planning to save some money so that I can buy solar water heater and can take bath in the hot water.

This does not make any sense. It can only means that something is wrong with the thermostat on your hot water system. Logically it should be 120 degres all the time... unless you have used some hot water and it needs to warm up again. It seem to me that the system has lost some of its sensitivity... and only light up when there is an extreme change of temperature.

That is a great plan. Like restarting the system. I wish I could buy one of those heaters that just heats when you need it. They use less gaas but cost more to buy. I have what I have in my house but in my next house we might think about it a little more. Thank you for the tip. I will have to try it out.

That sounds strange but I'm happy it works for you! My husband does something similar but completely different. I take baths. He always waits until I've turned off the water in the bathtub to take a shower because, he says, the water in the pipes is already hot from me filling the bathtub. I'm not entirely sure how that helps him to have a hot shower, though. It helps him to have instant hot water, but not hotter water. We have a tankless water heater. We get our hot water from the water going through a series of pipes before coming out the tap. The pipes are heated inside a rather small box filled with pipes in the basement on an as-needed basis; there's never water just sitting there, getting heated up and using extra energy to stay hot until we need it. I love it. It saves a LOT of money. There's only one problem that could happen and that's that we might run out of propane. Everything in our house is run on electricity except the tankless water heater. My husband and son installed that themselves and my husband bought two propane tanks about as large as an average water heater... I think they hold about 125 gallons of propane each. We have to check the one that's connected often as it starts to run low so we won't run out. I wanted him to put in a much larger propane tank so we could have a propane company come out and fill it as needed, but he thought it was better to get two smaller tanks. (I still think it's a stupid idea.) HE has to disconnect the empty tank and put it in his truck, then connect the other, full tank. Then, he has to take the empty tank to the gas station and get that filled up, bring it back home and take it off his truck and roll it around to the back of the house (on a dolly, of course) for when it's needed. To me, that seems like way too much work, especially since he has confirmed bulging discs in his lower back. Stupid, right? I'm waiting for the day when those discs snap and he's paralyzed because he never listens to me. Of course, THEN, I'll be able to hire someone to install a HUGE propane tank and have things done the way I wanted to in the first place so we'll never run out of propane OR hot water!

What a great idea. I'm going to give a try tonight before bed. I love a nice hot relaxing shower right before sleep. Thanks for the great tip.

that's a good tip :) thanks for sharing.

Sounds good too bad with my plumbing situation I would have to wait atleast an hour between any significant water usage.

Hey thats really cool! I'm going to have to try that!

Hey dragon! I think you just may have stumbled across an energy saving technique! Good for you! Purrs, Catwoman=^..^= & Mija

Is that a gas heater? Mine does that too but I was going to call the repairman. I never know if it is going to be lukewarm or hot. It always seemed to me that after the dishwasher ran, the hot water would be hot.