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Posted by MrC1 on August 10, 2005, 11:47 am
It's less than 3 years old. :(
> Also, how old is the water heater? If it's much past 10 years, since
> it's located in the attic where the potential for disaster is high and
> your already seeing indications of advanced corrosion on some of the
> parts, I'd get a new one.
>
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Posted by tom on August 10, 2005, 9:55 am
MrC1 wrote: I have a 50 gal gas water heater, which is, of course, in
the attic where it
can do the most damage if I spring a leak. <snip
In it's present location, you should seriously consider
putting a pan with a drain under it. Tom
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Posted by MrC1 on August 10, 2005, 1:45 pm
Tom,
You didn't read the rest of my post, did you?
haha
There is a pan, with a drain. It was just installed by morons or at the
very least, careless contractors.
> MrC1 wrote: I have a 50 gal gas water heater, which is, of course, in
> the attic where it
> can do the most damage if I spring a leak. <snip
>
>
> In it's present location, you should seriously consider
> putting a pan with a drain under it. Tom
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Posted by tom on August 10, 2005, 3:54 pm
D'oh! Tom
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Posted by whodat on August 10, 2005, 12:57 pm
greetings
you have to change the existing nipple in the tank
the cold side has the dip tube, so your hot just gets a brass nipple
and a 3/4 copper to female adapter.
unscrew the existing nipple. use about a 3inch brass nipple, with a
copper stub pre-sweated in the female adapter, so you keep the heat off
the tank
you should use teflon tape but also the grey pro dope , [ not the blue
crap that hardens up] smear a little grey dope in the female "hot"
opening of the tank. tape the nipple and also put some grey dope over
that.
the anode rod should be changed every 8 yrs. its screwed in the top of
the tank. some water should be drained off the bottom every couple of
months.
but 1 last thing....that tank being up in the attic, if its over 10 yrs
old....i would consider a new one, thats a disaster in the making.
--good luck
--
whodat
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