Huah, I never would have thought of this. Thanks.
At 07:33 PM 12/18/2008, you wrote: >While you are shopping get a three quarters ball valve and two three >quarters brass nipples. Before you install the new heater remove the >drain valve by screwing it out with a pipe wrench and installing the >new ball valve with a nipple on each end. Now you will be set u p >for minor draining so sediment does not build up. When you do a >drain turn the valve on about 15 seconds then off and then, off and >on qickly about half a dozen times to get the water sswirling then >open for about thirty seconds or until the water is running clear. >Doing this about once a month will do wonders for prolonging the >life and performance of a heater. Note if you are going to use a >garden hose to drain with you will need to get a three quarter pipe >to garden hose adapter.. Of course use pipe dope or teflon thread >tape to make sure the joints don't leak. Also if you forget and let >this go too long between flushing a ball valve will open up totally >so you can shove a rod into the tank and break loos blockages so the >water will run out. >May you have many years of trouble free hot water. >Ron >----- Original Message ----- >From: Kevin Doucet >To: <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected] >Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 2:33 PM >Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] hot water problem > >Thanks Nancy, > >Guess I will start shopping arround for one. >At 11:39 AM 12/18/2008, you wrote: > > >Silly me...with the water heater being 11 years old, I would consider > >installing a new one. ...unless it is still under warranty. In my > >experience, 11 years is a good life for a tank. Plus on a tank that old, > >the effort to extended use ratio doesn't seem to be very high and it seems > >like a lot of trouble for a little return....if it were a young tank, then > >the effort could be worth it. > > > >Nancy > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > >__________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus > >signature database 3703 (20081218) __________ > > > >The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > > ><<http://www.eset.com>http://www.eset.com>http://www.eset.com > >Thanks. > >Kevin Doucet ><mailto:contactme%40kevindoucet.com>[email protected] > >confuse as says > >Blind man with unmarked forehead has large belly! > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > >__________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus >signature database 3704 (20081218) __________ > >The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > ><http://www.eset.com>http://www.eset.com Thanks. Kevin Doucet [email protected] confuse as says Blind man with unmarked forehead has large belly!
