Hot Water Tank Home › Forums › Public Forums › General Plumbing › Hot Water Tank This topic has 1 reply, 2 voices, and was last updated 19 years, 3 months ago by Retired plbg1. Viewing 1 reply thread Author Posts 19 Jan 2005 at 12:29 pm #277497 diane & ken Help! If I don’t use hot water for awhile, my water comes out luke warm. After that, it recharges and is fine the next use. Does anyone know what would cause this?? 19 Jan 2005 at 11:16 pm #296386 Retired plbg1Participant The way you describe it, sounds like top el. isnt working right. Is it a El. Wh are gas, you could have a broken refill tube. Art retired plbg Author Posts Viewing 1 reply thread You must be logged in to reply to this topic. Log In Username: Password: Keep me signed in Log In