After a lukewarm shower Friday morning, I investigated the possible cause. It turned out that the water heater pilot light had gone out. After several unsuccessful attempts at relighting it, I gave up and headed off to work.
Later on Friday, I finished my chores at work and headed home early to address the problem. After a couple of calls, I found out that there was a service bulletin to fix a common failure for our water heater. A ‘kit’ to fix a well-known failure was available from the local Lowe’s free of charge. I headed off to get the ‘kit’ and brought it home to install.
I struggled with the installation and finally got the water heater back to doing its business as usual. Of course, there had to be the requisite ‘blue smoke’ and red blood imparted to validate the installation.
The good news and bottom line: no cost to me dollar-wise and the water is hot again.
