Damnit

[Butt Ugly Chuck]

If you are replacing and have pre-teens, get a big one. My daughter did and still can, drain all 50 gallons in 1 shower, leaving cold showers for the rest of us.

x2 - I guess my daughter is not the only one.

Thank god.. I have boys..

If I could get my daughter to take SHORTER showers, and my boy to take showers period, all would be swell!

Butt

 

[cruiser88]

You bet...drain regulary at least once a year. Always pop the pressure relief to insure it works. You know how calium works.

You can pull the rod out from the top and have a peak inside.(anode rod)

I have always told people to drain their tanks yearly. Not surprisingly, I have never done it in my own house. I have been in this house for 8 years and never drained it. Not much came out. now I am wondering if there is a HUGE glob of crap in the tank.. There was not 40 galls of water that came out either....

Hmm.

This tank is probably on it's last legs anyway.. Replacing the nipple was just biding time..

 

[Mace]

Replaced the old heater with a 50 gal Bradford White heater.

I had to unscrew the hose bib off of the old one to get it to drain. What a PITA.

But, hot water a plenty now makes the Missus a happy camper

 

[Mace]

Replaced the old heater with a 50 gal Bradford White heater.

I had to unscrew the hose bib off of the old one to get it to drain. What a PITA.

But, hot water a plenty now makes the Missus a happy camper

 

[-Spike-]

I had to unscrew the hose bib off of the old one to get it to drain. What a PITA.

Next time, try hooking your drain hose to a spigot and backwashing. It will require a female-female garden hose fitting.

 

[Mace]

Would not have worked, the hose bib hose was too small to let any of the particles out.

Best choice is to drain the damn thing every year and not let the crap build up

 

[-Spike-]

Yup, but who does that?

 

[LAMBCRUSHER]

Sorry to hear about your little "adventure" in plumbing. I'm glad you got it all taken care of. Just for future reference- to anyone who might care- the ELECTRIC tankless water heaters are not a reasonable option unless your electrical service is 200 amps or more. The units I have seen require at least 60 amps at 240v. On a 100 amp service, that would greatly limit your available power. JMO/HTH

 

[camcruiser13]

no pics?

what a mess

 

[cruiser88]

drainage........complete

 

[lacruiser]

Sorry to hear about your little "adventure" in plumbing. I'm glad you got it all taken care of. Just for future reference- to anyone who might care- the ELECTRIC tankless water heaters are not a reasonable option unless your electrical service is 200 amps or more. The units I have seen require at least 60 amps at 240v. On a 100 amp service, that would greatly limit your available power. JMO/HTH

Very interesting.

We visited Ireland last summer, stayed at a manor house in the country for a week. In the shower they had an electric tankless water heater (that worked only for that shower). picture is of this unit.

I'd never seen anything like it. The standard house current in Europe is 240 VAC.

I'll tell you that that thing heated water so fast, it blew my mind. At the high setting, in less than 5 seconds the water was so hot it would scald you. No joke. I couldn't run the thing above 5 (out of 10) on the dial. At that setting, the temp was great. And plenty of flow!

I have no idea how safe it was. It was an older unit, probably 15 years old, and I doubt it had GFI, but maybe it did. I know that it did give me pause, getting into a shower with a 240V 15-year old appliance literally inches from me.

But, I survived!



I wish I'd snooped around to find the fuse box and get the rating for current draw.