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On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 16:41:00 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:
On 1/28/2019 4:18 PM, John H. wrote: On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 15:50:38 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 1/28/2019 3:36 PM, John H. wrote: Here's a picture of my old one alongside a new one: http://funkyimg.com/i/2QHdU.jpg Luddite - the new ones have joints so they can bend to go in. The old one probably won't have a clearance problem! Thanks, Don, for mentioning that! I'd say the old one did it's job. Yeah, after about 26 years there's still no leak! This is the first electric water heater for us in a while. Last one was heated as a zone running from the oil burner. It worked well but it always bugged me when the oil burner ran all summer. Those electrics have anodes also. Took an impact wrench to get my old one out. |
Sacrificial Anode
On 1/29/2019 11:02 AM, John H. wrote:
On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 16:41:00 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 1/28/2019 4:18 PM, John H. wrote: On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 15:50:38 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 1/28/2019 3:36 PM, John H. wrote: Here's a picture of my old one alongside a new one: http://funkyimg.com/i/2QHdU.jpg Luddite - the new ones have joints so they can bend to go in. The old one probably won't have a clearance problem! Thanks, Don, for mentioning that! I'd say the old one did it's job. Yeah, after about 26 years there's still no leak! This is the first electric water heater for us in a while. Last one was heated as a zone running from the oil burner. It worked well but it always bugged me when the oil burner ran all summer. Those electrics have anodes also. Took an impact wrench to get my old one out. To the best of my knowledge the only water heaters with anodes *are* electric. |
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On Tue, 29 Jan 2019 11:07:06 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:
On 1/29/2019 11:02 AM, John H. wrote: On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 16:41:00 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 1/28/2019 4:18 PM, John H. wrote: On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 15:50:38 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 1/28/2019 3:36 PM, John H. wrote: Here's a picture of my old one alongside a new one: http://funkyimg.com/i/2QHdU.jpg Luddite - the new ones have joints so they can bend to go in. The old one probably won't have a clearance problem! Thanks, Don, for mentioning that! I'd say the old one did it's job. Yeah, after about 26 years there's still no leak! This is the first electric water heater for us in a while. Last one was heated as a zone running from the oil burner. It worked well but it always bugged me when the oil burner ran all summer. Those electrics have anodes also. Took an impact wrench to get my old one out. To the best of my knowledge the only water heaters with anodes *are* electric. The picture above is the one from my gas water heater. |
Sacrificial Anode
On 1/29/2019 11:09 AM, John H. wrote:
On Tue, 29 Jan 2019 11:07:06 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 1/29/2019 11:02 AM, John H. wrote: On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 16:41:00 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 1/28/2019 4:18 PM, John H. wrote: On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 15:50:38 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 1/28/2019 3:36 PM, John H. wrote: Here's a picture of my old one alongside a new one: http://funkyimg.com/i/2QHdU.jpg Luddite - the new ones have joints so they can bend to go in. The old one probably won't have a clearance problem! Thanks, Don, for mentioning that! I'd say the old one did it's job. Yeah, after about 26 years there's still no leak! This is the first electric water heater for us in a while. Last one was heated as a zone running from the oil burner. It worked well but it always bugged me when the oil burner ran all summer. Those electrics have anodes also. Took an impact wrench to get my old one out. To the best of my knowledge the only water heaters with anodes *are* electric. The picture above is the one from my gas water heater. Ha. Now I am going to have to go learn why gas fired heaters need an anode. |
Sacrificial Anode
On Tue, 29 Jan 2019 11:14:33 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:
On 1/29/2019 11:09 AM, John H. wrote: On Tue, 29 Jan 2019 11:07:06 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 1/29/2019 11:02 AM, John H. wrote: On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 16:41:00 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 1/28/2019 4:18 PM, John H. wrote: On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 15:50:38 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 1/28/2019 3:36 PM, John H. wrote: Here's a picture of my old one alongside a new one: http://funkyimg.com/i/2QHdU.jpg Luddite - the new ones have joints so they can bend to go in. The old one probably won't have a clearance problem! Thanks, Don, for mentioning that! I'd say the old one did it's job. Yeah, after about 26 years there's still no leak! This is the first electric water heater for us in a while. Last one was heated as a zone running from the oil burner. It worked well but it always bugged me when the oil burner ran all summer. Those electrics have anodes also. Took an impact wrench to get my old one out. To the best of my knowledge the only water heaters with anodes *are* electric. The picture above is the one from my gas water heater. Ha. Now I am going to have to go learn why gas fired heaters need an anode. There's still electricity going to the heater. The exhaust fan needs it if nothing else, although I think mine also needs it for the pilot light. |
Sacrificial Anode
On 1/29/2019 11:09 AM, John H. wrote:
On Tue, 29 Jan 2019 11:07:06 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 1/29/2019 11:02 AM, John H. wrote: On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 16:41:00 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 1/28/2019 4:18 PM, John H. wrote: On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 15:50:38 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 1/28/2019 3:36 PM, John H. wrote: Here's a picture of my old one alongside a new one: http://funkyimg.com/i/2QHdU.jpg Luddite - the new ones have joints so they can bend to go in. The old one probably won't have a clearance problem! Thanks, Don, for mentioning that! I'd say the old one did it's job. Yeah, after about 26 years there's still no leak! This is the first electric water heater for us in a while. Last one was heated as a zone running from the oil burner. It worked well but it always bugged me when the oil burner ran all summer. Those electrics have anodes also. Took an impact wrench to get my old one out. To the best of my knowledge the only water heaters with anodes *are* electric. The picture above is the one from my gas water heater. Son of a gun. Yep, gas ones have an anode also. I read that some of the newer tanks have plastic liners in them and don't require an anode. If anyone else is interested in this fascinating subject, here's an image of both an electric type and a gas type with all their parts identified: http://funkyimg.com/i/2QJVQ.jpg |
Sacrificial Anode
On Tue, 29 Jan 2019 11:36:36 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:
On 1/29/2019 11:09 AM, John H. wrote: On Tue, 29 Jan 2019 11:07:06 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 1/29/2019 11:02 AM, John H. wrote: On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 16:41:00 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 1/28/2019 4:18 PM, John H. wrote: On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 15:50:38 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 1/28/2019 3:36 PM, John H. wrote: Here's a picture of my old one alongside a new one: http://funkyimg.com/i/2QHdU.jpg Luddite - the new ones have joints so they can bend to go in. The old one probably won't have a clearance problem! Thanks, Don, for mentioning that! I'd say the old one did it's job. Yeah, after about 26 years there's still no leak! This is the first electric water heater for us in a while. Last one was heated as a zone running from the oil burner. It worked well but it always bugged me when the oil burner ran all summer. Those electrics have anodes also. Took an impact wrench to get my old one out. To the best of my knowledge the only water heaters with anodes *are* electric. The picture above is the one from my gas water heater. Son of a gun. Yep, gas ones have an anode also. I read that some of the newer tanks have plastic liners in them and don't require an anode. If anyone else is interested in this fascinating subject, here's an image of both an electric type and a gas type with all their parts identified: http://funkyimg.com/i/2QJVQ.jpg The heater in my RV is one of those. The book specifically says *not* to use an anode in the heater. My home water heater book also has a picture. That's where I discovered that my heater had an anode. Surprised the hell out of me! |
Sacrificial Anode
On Tue, 29 Jan 2019 11:14:33 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote: On 1/29/2019 11:09 AM, John H. wrote: On Tue, 29 Jan 2019 11:07:06 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 1/29/2019 11:02 AM, John H. wrote: On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 16:41:00 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 1/28/2019 4:18 PM, John H. wrote: On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 15:50:38 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 1/28/2019 3:36 PM, John H. wrote: Here's a picture of my old one alongside a new one: http://funkyimg.com/i/2QHdU.jpg Luddite - the new ones have joints so they can bend to go in. The old one probably won't have a clearance problem! Thanks, Don, for mentioning that! I'd say the old one did it's job. Yeah, after about 26 years there's still no leak! This is the first electric water heater for us in a while. Last one was heated as a zone running from the oil burner. It worked well but it always bugged me when the oil burner ran all summer. Those electrics have anodes also. Took an impact wrench to get my old one out. To the best of my knowledge the only water heaters with anodes *are* electric. The picture above is the one from my gas water heater. Ha. Now I am going to have to go learn why gas fired heaters need an anode. Same reason why gasoline powered outboards have anodes I guess. |
Sacrificial Anode
On Tue, 29 Jan 2019 11:18:09 -0500, John H.
wrote: On Tue, 29 Jan 2019 11:14:33 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 1/29/2019 11:09 AM, John H. wrote: On Tue, 29 Jan 2019 11:07:06 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 1/29/2019 11:02 AM, John H. wrote: On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 16:41:00 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 1/28/2019 4:18 PM, John H. wrote: On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 15:50:38 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 1/28/2019 3:36 PM, John H. wrote: Here's a picture of my old one alongside a new one: http://funkyimg.com/i/2QHdU.jpg Luddite - the new ones have joints so they can bend to go in. The old one probably won't have a clearance problem! Thanks, Don, for mentioning that! I'd say the old one did it's job. Yeah, after about 26 years there's still no leak! This is the first electric water heater for us in a while. Last one was heated as a zone running from the oil burner. It worked well but it always bugged me when the oil burner ran all summer. Those electrics have anodes also. Took an impact wrench to get my old one out. To the best of my knowledge the only water heaters with anodes *are* electric. The picture above is the one from my gas water heater. Ha. Now I am going to have to go learn why gas fired heaters need an anode. There's still electricity going to the heater. The exhaust fan needs it if nothing else, although I think mine also needs it for the pilot light. There was no electricity at all going to the one I had in Maryland. The flue was convection driven and it had a pilot light. |
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Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 1/29/2019 11:09 AM, John H. wrote: On Tue, 29 Jan 2019 11:07:06 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 1/29/2019 11:02 AM, John H. wrote: On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 16:41:00 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 1/28/2019 4:18 PM, John H. wrote: On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 15:50:38 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 1/28/2019 3:36 PM, John H. wrote: Here's a picture of my old one alongside a new one: http://funkyimg.com/i/2QHdU.jpg Luddite - the new ones have joints so they can bend to go in. The old one probably won't have a clearance problem! Thanks, Don, for mentioning that! I'd say the old one did it's job. Yeah, after about 26 years there's still no leak! This is the first electric water heater for us in a while. Last one was heated as a zone running from the oil burner. It worked well but it always bugged me when the oil burner ran all summer. Those electrics have anodes also. Took an impact wrench to get my old one out. To the best of my knowledge the only water heaters with anodes *are* electric. The picture above is the one from my gas water heater. Son of a gun. Yep, gas ones have an anode also. I read that some of the newer tanks have plastic liners in them and don't require an anode. If anyone else is interested in this fascinating subject, here's an image of both an electric type and a gas type with all their parts identified: http://funkyimg.com/i/2QJVQ.jpg Mine is a little different at the top... https://flic.kr/p/QHJgQk -- Posted with my iPhone 8+. |
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Justan Ohlphart wrote:
Keyser Söze Wrote in message: Mr. Luddite wrote: On 1/29/2019 11:09 AM, John H. wrote: On Tue, 29 Jan 2019 11:07:06 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 1/29/2019 11:02 AM, John H. wrote: On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 16:41:00 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 1/28/2019 4:18 PM, John H. wrote: On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 15:50:38 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 1/28/2019 3:36 PM, John H. wrote: Here's a picture of my old one alongside a new one: http://funkyimg.com/i/2QHdU.jpg Luddite - the new ones have joints so they can bend to go in. The old one probably won't have a clearance problem! Thanks, Don, for mentioning that! I'd say the old one did it's job. Yeah, after about 26 years there's still no leak! This is the first electric water heater for us in a while. Last one was heated as a zone running from the oil burner. It worked well but it always bugged me when the oil burner ran all summer. Those electrics have anodes also. Took an impact wrench to get my old one out. To the best of my knowledge the only water heaters with anodes *are* electric. The picture above is the one from my gas water heater. Son of a gun. Yep, gas ones have an anode also. I read that some of the newer tanks have plastic liners in them and don't require an anode. If anyone else is interested in this fascinating subject, here's an image of both an electric type and a gas type with all their parts identified: http://funkyimg.com/i/2QJVQ.jpg Mine is a little different at the top... https://flic.kr/p/QHJgQk Why is it different? Only exhaust stack on a gas heater that I ever saw with a plastic vent line. Why the need for a blower? |
Sacrificial Anode
On Tuesday, January 29, 2019 at 1:30:14 PM UTC-5, Bill wrote:
Justan Ohlphart wrote: Keyser Söze Wrote in message: Mr. Luddite wrote: On 1/29/2019 11:09 AM, John H. wrote: On Tue, 29 Jan 2019 11:07:06 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 1/29/2019 11:02 AM, John H. wrote: On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 16:41:00 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 1/28/2019 4:18 PM, John H. wrote: On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 15:50:38 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 1/28/2019 3:36 PM, John H. wrote: Here's a picture of my old one alongside a new one: http://funkyimg.com/i/2QHdU.jpg Luddite - the new ones have joints so they can bend to go in. The old one probably won't have a clearance problem! Thanks, Don, for mentioning that! I'd say the old one did it's job. Yeah, after about 26 years there's still no leak! This is the first electric water heater for us in a while. Last one was heated as a zone running from the oil burner. It worked well but it always bugged me when the oil burner ran all summer. Those electrics have anodes also. Took an impact wrench to get my old one out. To the best of my knowledge the only water heaters with anodes *are* electric. The picture above is the one from my gas water heater. Son of a gun. Yep, gas ones have an anode also. I read that some of the newer tanks have plastic liners in them and don't require an anode. If anyone else is interested in this fascinating subject, here's an image of both an electric type and a gas type with all their parts identified: http://funkyimg.com/i/2QJVQ.jpg Mine is a little different at the top... https://flic.kr/p/QHJgQk Why is it different? Only exhaust stack on a gas heater that I ever saw with a plastic vent line. Why the need for a blower? The blower is because it is in a location where the exhaust flue is too long to vent naturally. Must be a cold weather thing, they aren't common in the south. Good thing, they are reportedly fairly noisy. The plastic vent is weird. I was surprised at the PVC water pipes. That's some bad stuff, especially as it ages. |
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On Tue, 29 Jan 2019 13:02:09 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote:
Mr. Luddite wrote: On 1/29/2019 11:09 AM, John H. wrote: On Tue, 29 Jan 2019 11:07:06 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 1/29/2019 11:02 AM, John H. wrote: On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 16:41:00 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 1/28/2019 4:18 PM, John H. wrote: On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 15:50:38 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 1/28/2019 3:36 PM, John H. wrote: Here's a picture of my old one alongside a new one: http://funkyimg.com/i/2QHdU.jpg Luddite - the new ones have joints so they can bend to go in. The old one probably won't have a clearance problem! Thanks, Don, for mentioning that! I'd say the old one did it's job. Yeah, after about 26 years there's still no leak! This is the first electric water heater for us in a while. Last one was heated as a zone running from the oil burner. It worked well but it always bugged me when the oil burner ran all summer. Those electrics have anodes also. Took an impact wrench to get my old one out. To the best of my knowledge the only water heaters with anodes *are* electric. The picture above is the one from my gas water heater. Son of a gun. Yep, gas ones have an anode also. I read that some of the newer tanks have plastic liners in them and don't require an anode. If anyone else is interested in this fascinating subject, here's an image of both an electric type and a gas type with all their parts identified: http://funkyimg.com/i/2QJVQ.jpg Mine is a little different at the top... https://flic.kr/p/QHJgQk Almost identical to mine. |
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On Tue, 29 Jan 2019 10:40:29 -0800 (PST), Its Me wrote:
On Tuesday, January 29, 2019 at 1:30:14 PM UTC-5, Bill wrote: Justan Ohlphart wrote: Keyser Söze Wrote in message: Mr. Luddite wrote: On 1/29/2019 11:09 AM, John H. wrote: On Tue, 29 Jan 2019 11:07:06 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 1/29/2019 11:02 AM, John H. wrote: On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 16:41:00 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 1/28/2019 4:18 PM, John H. wrote: On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 15:50:38 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 1/28/2019 3:36 PM, John H. wrote: Here's a picture of my old one alongside a new one: http://funkyimg.com/i/2QHdU.jpg Luddite - the new ones have joints so they can bend to go in. The old one probably won't have a clearance problem! Thanks, Don, for mentioning that! I'd say the old one did it's job. Yeah, after about 26 years there's still no leak! This is the first electric water heater for us in a while. Last one was heated as a zone running from the oil burner. It worked well but it always bugged me when the oil burner ran all summer. Those electrics have anodes also. Took an impact wrench to get my old one out. To the best of my knowledge the only water heaters with anodes *are* electric. The picture above is the one from my gas water heater. Son of a gun. Yep, gas ones have an anode also. I read that some of the newer tanks have plastic liners in them and don't require an anode. If anyone else is interested in this fascinating subject, here's an image of both an electric type and a gas type with all their parts identified: http://funkyimg.com/i/2QJVQ.jpg Mine is a little different at the top... https://flic.kr/p/QHJgQk Why is it different? Only exhaust stack on a gas heater that I ever saw with a plastic vent line. Why the need for a blower? The blower is because it is in a location where the exhaust flue is too long to vent naturally. Must be a cold weather thing, they aren't common in the south. Good thing, they are reportedly fairly noisy. The plastic vent is weird. I was surprised at the PVC water pipes. That's some bad stuff, especially as it ages. Mine PVC exhaust has been on at least 25 years with nary a problem, but the piping in the house is copper. |
Sacrificial Anode
On Tue, 29 Jan 2019 13:02:09 -0500, Keyser Söze
wrote: Mr. Luddite wrote: On 1/29/2019 11:09 AM, John H. wrote: On Tue, 29 Jan 2019 11:07:06 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 1/29/2019 11:02 AM, John H. wrote: On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 16:41:00 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 1/28/2019 4:18 PM, John H. wrote: On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 15:50:38 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 1/28/2019 3:36 PM, John H. wrote: Here's a picture of my old one alongside a new one: http://funkyimg.com/i/2QHdU.jpg Luddite - the new ones have joints so they can bend to go in. The old one probably won't have a clearance problem! Thanks, Don, for mentioning that! I'd say the old one did it's job. Yeah, after about 26 years there's still no leak! This is the first electric water heater for us in a while. Last one was heated as a zone running from the oil burner. It worked well but it always bugged me when the oil burner ran all summer. Those electrics have anodes also. Took an impact wrench to get my old one out. To the best of my knowledge the only water heaters with anodes *are* electric. The picture above is the one from my gas water heater. Son of a gun. Yep, gas ones have an anode also. I read that some of the newer tanks have plastic liners in them and don't require an anode. If anyone else is interested in this fascinating subject, here's an image of both an electric type and a gas type with all their parts identified: http://funkyimg.com/i/2QJVQ.jpg Mine is a little different at the top... https://flic.kr/p/QHJgQk Why all of that steam punk piping if the house is CPVC? |
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On 1/29/19 10:47 PM, wrote:
On 30 Jan 2019 02:39:44 GMT, Keyser Soze wrote: wrote: On Tue, 29 Jan 2019 13:02:09 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote: Mr. Luddite wrote: On 1/29/2019 11:09 AM, John H. wrote: On Tue, 29 Jan 2019 11:07:06 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 1/29/2019 11:02 AM, John H. wrote: On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 16:41:00 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 1/28/2019 4:18 PM, John H. wrote: On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 15:50:38 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 1/28/2019 3:36 PM, John H. wrote: Here's a picture of my old one alongside a new one: http://funkyimg.com/i/2QHdU.jpg Luddite - the new ones have joints so they can bend to go in. The old one probably won't have a clearance problem! Thanks, Don, for mentioning that! I'd say the old one did it's job. Yeah, after about 26 years there's still no leak! This is the first electric water heater for us in a while. Last one was heated as a zone running from the oil burner. It worked well but it always bugged me when the oil burner ran all summer. Those electrics have anodes also. Took an impact wrench to get my old one out. To the best of my knowledge the only water heaters with anodes *are* electric. The picture above is the one from my gas water heater. Son of a gun. Yep, gas ones have an anode also. I read that some of the newer tanks have plastic liners in them and don't require an anode. If anyone else is interested in this fascinating subject, here's an image of both an electric type and a gas type with all their parts identified: http://funkyimg.com/i/2QJVQ.jpg Mine is a little different at the top... https://flic.kr/p/QHJgQk Why all of that steam punk piping if the house is CPVC? Dunno...the previous heater was copper to plastique, too. I didn’t ask. Union job. Unnecessary expense, parts and labor, for no particular reason. I suppose the cosmetics appeal to you and that is all that matters. I suppose you don't want to hear about the NEC 300.4(A)(1) violation. (SNERK) Stick to your area of expertise, whatever that might be. I wouldn't have hired you to help carry the new water heater into the basement utility room. The contractor we used is experienced, licensed, insured, has a fixed address, a long history, and guarantees its work. We weren't installed a tiki bar. |
Sacrificial Anode
On Wed, 30 Jan 2019 08:10:56 -0500, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 1/29/19 10:47 PM, wrote: On 30 Jan 2019 02:39:44 GMT, Keyser Soze wrote: wrote: On Tue, 29 Jan 2019 13:02:09 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote: Mr. Luddite wrote: On 1/29/2019 11:09 AM, John H. wrote: On Tue, 29 Jan 2019 11:07:06 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 1/29/2019 11:02 AM, John H. wrote: On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 16:41:00 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 1/28/2019 4:18 PM, John H. wrote: On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 15:50:38 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 1/28/2019 3:36 PM, John H. wrote: Here's a picture of my old one alongside a new one: http://funkyimg.com/i/2QHdU.jpg Luddite - the new ones have joints so they can bend to go in. The old one probably won't have a clearance problem! Thanks, Don, for mentioning that! I'd say the old one did it's job. Yeah, after about 26 years there's still no leak! This is the first electric water heater for us in a while. Last one was heated as a zone running from the oil burner. It worked well but it always bugged me when the oil burner ran all summer. Those electrics have anodes also. Took an impact wrench to get my old one out. To the best of my knowledge the only water heaters with anodes *are* electric. The picture above is the one from my gas water heater. Son of a gun. Yep, gas ones have an anode also. I read that some of the newer tanks have plastic liners in them and don't require an anode. If anyone else is interested in this fascinating subject, here's an image of both an electric type and a gas type with all their parts identified: http://funkyimg.com/i/2QJVQ.jpg Mine is a little different at the top... https://flic.kr/p/QHJgQk Why all of that steam punk piping if the house is CPVC? Dunno...the previous heater was copper to plastique, too. I didn’t ask. Union job. Unnecessary expense, parts and labor, for no particular reason. I suppose the cosmetics appeal to you and that is all that matters. I suppose you don't want to hear about the NEC 300.4(A)(1) violation. (SNERK) Stick to your area of expertise, whatever that might be. I wouldn't have hired you to help carry the new water heater into the basement utility room. The contractor we used is experienced, licensed, insured, has a fixed address, a long history, and guarantees its work. We weren't installed a tiki bar. So, you weren't installed a tiki bar, eh? Sounds about right. |
Sacrificial Anode
On Wed, 30 Jan 2019 08:10:56 -0500, Keyser Soze
wrote: On 1/29/19 10:47 PM, wrote: On 30 Jan 2019 02:39:44 GMT, Keyser Soze wrote: wrote: On Tue, 29 Jan 2019 13:02:09 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote: Mr. Luddite wrote: On 1/29/2019 11:09 AM, John H. wrote: On Tue, 29 Jan 2019 11:07:06 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 1/29/2019 11:02 AM, John H. wrote: On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 16:41:00 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 1/28/2019 4:18 PM, John H. wrote: On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 15:50:38 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 1/28/2019 3:36 PM, John H. wrote: Here's a picture of my old one alongside a new one: http://funkyimg.com/i/2QHdU.jpg Luddite - the new ones have joints so they can bend to go in. The old one probably won't have a clearance problem! Thanks, Don, for mentioning that! I'd say the old one did it's job. Yeah, after about 26 years there's still no leak! This is the first electric water heater for us in a while. Last one was heated as a zone running from the oil burner. It worked well but it always bugged me when the oil burner ran all summer. Those electrics have anodes also. Took an impact wrench to get my old one out. To the best of my knowledge the only water heaters with anodes *are* electric. The picture above is the one from my gas water heater. Son of a gun. Yep, gas ones have an anode also. I read that some of the newer tanks have plastic liners in them and don't require an anode. If anyone else is interested in this fascinating subject, here's an image of both an electric type and a gas type with all their parts identified: http://funkyimg.com/i/2QJVQ.jpg Mine is a little different at the top... https://flic.kr/p/QHJgQk Why all of that steam punk piping if the house is CPVC? Dunno...the previous heater was copper to plastique, too. I didn’t ask. Union job. Unnecessary expense, parts and labor, for no particular reason. I suppose the cosmetics appeal to you and that is all that matters. I suppose you don't want to hear about the NEC 300.4(A)(1) violation. (SNERK) Stick to your area of expertise, whatever that might be. I wouldn't have hired you to help carry the new water heater into the basement utility room. The contractor we used is experienced, licensed, insured, has a fixed address, a long history, and guarantees its work. We weren't installed a tiki bar. Yeah, those highly skilled plumbers used push in fittings so they didn't even need the skill of brazing. The gas line looks like CSST, again a dumbed down way of doing things. (not even legal in some places) Tell me again where all the skill was. Carrying the tank in might be the hardest part. |
Sacrificial Anode
Keyser Soze wrote:
On 1/29/19 10:47 PM, wrote: On 30 Jan 2019 02:39:44 GMT, Keyser Soze wrote: wrote: On Tue, 29 Jan 2019 13:02:09 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote: Mr. Luddite wrote: On 1/29/2019 11:09 AM, John H. wrote: On Tue, 29 Jan 2019 11:07:06 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 1/29/2019 11:02 AM, John H. wrote: On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 16:41:00 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 1/28/2019 4:18 PM, John H. wrote: On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 15:50:38 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 1/28/2019 3:36 PM, John H. wrote: Here's a picture of my old one alongside a new one: http://funkyimg.com/i/2QHdU.jpg Luddite - the new ones have joints so they can bend to go in. The old one probably won't have a clearance problem! Thanks, Don, for mentioning that! I'd say the old one did it's job. Yeah, after about 26 years there's still no leak! This is the first electric water heater for us in a while. Last one was heated as a zone running from the oil burner. It worked well but it always bugged me when the oil burner ran all summer. Those electrics have anodes also. Took an impact wrench to get my old one out. To the best of my knowledge the only water heaters with anodes *are* electric. The picture above is the one from my gas water heater. Son of a gun. Yep, gas ones have an anode also. I read that some of the newer tanks have plastic liners in them and don't require an anode. If anyone else is interested in this fascinating subject, here's an image of both an electric type and a gas type with all their parts identified: http://funkyimg.com/i/2QJVQ.jpg Mine is a little different at the top... https://flic.kr/p/QHJgQk Why all of that steam punk piping if the house is CPVC? Dunno...the previous heater was copper to plastique, too. I didn’t ask. Union job. Unnecessary expense, parts and labor, for no particular reason. I suppose the cosmetics appeal to you and that is all that matters. I suppose you don't want to hear about the NEC 300.4(A)(1) violation. (SNERK) Stick to your area of expertise, whatever that might be. I wouldn't have hired you to help carry the new water heater into the basement utility room. The contractor we used is experienced, licensed, insured, has a fixed address, a long history, and guarantees its work. We weren't installed a tiki bar. Yup, like my neighbor years ago. Got a lifetime warranty, licensed contractor installed water heater. Warranty was good for a couple years until they supposedly sold the company. Same name, no guarantee honored. And used asbestos tape on the vent connector. And 3 times the price I paid to install my own. |
Sacrificial Anode
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Sacrificial Anode
On Wed, 30 Jan 2019 13:53:46 -0500,
wrote: On Tue, 29 Jan 2019 22:47:07 -0500, wrote: I suppose you don't want to hear about the NEC 300.4(A)(1) violation. === Exposed romex? Too close to the drywall. It may just be the camera angle tho. I was surprised that after all of that talk about the skills required that they used press in fittings (O rings) and CSST gas line. The house is all pasted pipe. This is stuff even the most marginal homeowner can do. No pipe threading, no brazing pretty, much skills you get by reading a pamphlet. It is just what I have been saying about how they are dumbing down the trades and using methods that make jobs go really fast with marginally skilled labor. |
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