[Chester Stone]

I have been researching this issue all morning before I saw Tom's post and Rudy's response. I have been heating electrically this last week and the temperature, like Tom's, jumps up almost as fast as diesel. This morning I noticed the temp. jumped to 235, and a few hours later settled back to 220. I am not sure I can perform the tests Rudy suggests, but I wonder how accurate my gauge is. I would like to find out where to measure the heat at the AquaHot using my infaray heat gun. Rudy, if mine stops at 235 and then settles back somewhat, and assuming that the gauge is accurate, is this OK? Second question, will Roger or Rudy be at Spearfish and will there be parts available? In the meantime, I am going to turn it off until I need shower water and watch for a few days.