When mine was installed my plumber put valves on both sides, water in and water out. He mentioned at some point I might need to do an acid flush. I am also on Bolton Point water. I haven't thought about flushing the unit.
On Jan 27, 2008, at 12:05 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Living in Europe so much I thought often about instant hot water > when I > finally settled here. I was put off by the advice from a dealer > that high > mineral water - like from my deep well - would ruin the appliance by > clogging the small heating tubes. So my question is, what is the > maintenance, and does it really work? > > Thanks, > Karl > > On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 10:49:34 -0500 "Tony Del Plato" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Thanks Margaret & Michael. These are good tips as I get ready to get >> another >> hot water heater >> Tony Del Plato >> >> On Jan 26, 2008 11:34 PM, Michael Burns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> I use the smallest AquaStar Bosch model on the market. It is >>> extremely frugal on propane and I can run hot water as long as I >>> like. If more than one or two people are using the house you may >> want >>> to consider one of the larger models. They are usually not cheap >> to >>> get installed, but pay for themselves by not heating a tank of >> water >>> all day long. If you have a lot of minerals in your water it >> will >>> require periodic maintenance/cleaning every couple years to keep >> it >>> running smoothly. >>> >>> -Michael Burns >>> >>> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >>> Earn your permaculture design certificate. >>> The Finger Lakes Permaculture Institute >>> offers affordable local classes. >>> http://www.fingerlakespermaculture.org >>> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins >>> free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> The wages of sin are death, but by the time taxes are taken out, >> it's just >> sort of a tired feeling. >> - Paula Poundstone >> _______________________________________________ >> RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: >> [email protected] >> http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins >> free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: > [email protected] > http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins > free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org _______________________________________________ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
