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On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 12:00 PM PST Steve Wilson virtualwilz@yahoo.com [DoIt_Yourself] wrote:
>I have tried to flush water heaters. Nearly every time I tried to do flush one, chunks of mineral got stuck in the drain valve. They leaked after that, same with the pressure valve. Once its been opened it tends to be hard to re-seat. So I just leave them alone. My first experience there was seeing my Dad try to drain his water heater. It was a leaker after that until they replaced it. I had similar experiences when I tried it.
>I've been thinking about replacing my 30 gallon gas water heater at home. It had just been replaced before I bought the place in 1989. I've never touched it. It still works perfectly.
>The water heater we have at work is electric. We tried to drain it and it leaked ever since, same with the pressure valve on it. It leaked after it was opened from then on. I just replaced that water heater a few weeks ago. We went without hot water there for some time because it leaked so badly when it was heating.
>I have seen water heaters that were so full of water deposits they were nearly as heavy empty as they were full of water.
>Don't know much more than that. Just felt worth a comment.
>Steve
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>On 1/6/2015 10:33 AM, Ron Johnson l0c0l0b0@hotmail.com [DoIt_Yourself] wrote:
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>> I just flushed out a water heater and got alot of mineral deposits. I know I'm supposed to do it every 6 months, but it has slipped by me.
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>> But that brings up a question: it's electric - so other than having a tad more space for water, what is the purpose? With gas heaters, being heated from below, mineral deposits definitely shorten the life of a heater. But does it really make a difference on electric?
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Posted by: Cindi Wass <cleanboost2@yahoo.com>
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