Amy Dixon, Thanks again for the info, will have to check that hot plate out. It may not be an issue(but good for future) because DH is a bit upset at the stove/oven right now. We’re ‘limping’ along with it because we also have to replace the hot water heater. We’ve been maintaining it AND, mark your calendars, DH said I (me) was right, LOL, Heater IS the original in the house, it’s 30+ years old and not heating so well. Even though the plumber (neighbor) we had in said we do a great job of maintaining things, it’s just wearing out. SO I’m taking bets on which one goes out first LOL.We’ve got the first of the appts with some of the people we saw at the home show Friday. Since the heater is at one end of the house (42 and 46 ft ft from kitchen/laundry room respectively), we are also looking at adding either a re-circulating pump to it or installing a small (20-25 gal) tank at the kitchen end of the house to boost the hot water to that end of the house. In the 18 years we’ve been here we haven’t run out of hot water till this Christmas. We actually ran out of hot water Christmas morning, Son1 had to take cold shower in the morning, woke him up pretty good though, LOL. It took quite awhile to heat the water too Neighbor (we trust him) also told us they don’t make the parts anymore so we just can’t “fix” it. Wish manufacturers would go back to making good products not the “throw away” junk they make now.
