|
Posted by PipeDown on June 21, 2006, 8:31 pm
>
>> Phat Phuq wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> My sister in law was complaining about reddish brown water coming out of
>>> her hot water tank and asked me to have a look at it. I naturally
>>> assumed that the liner had cracked and the tank was rusting. However,
>>> when I flushed the tank, I noticed a lot of slimy, orange/red colored
>>> scum particles in the water.
>>>
>>> Sis indicated that she doesn't use a lot of hot water and has a 11 year
>>> old 40 gal tank which was set to high, so I'm thinking that the built up
>>> a layer of algie and is now starting to let go. I still haven't ruled
>>> out a cracked liner (the algie was reddish orange), but the anode looks
>>> like it's doing it's job properly and the tank isn't leaking yet.
>>>
>>> I've turned down the water temp and encouraged the sis to use more hot
>>> water to help keep the buildup down, but my question is, can I use
>>> anything to help clean out the tank? I'm thinking it needs another
>>> flushing or two, but I'd like to get as much of the gunk out as
>>> possible.
>>>
>>> thx
>>>
>>> (:P(:P
>>>
>>>
>>
>> If her water source is a well, GOOGLE for "Iron bacteria".
>> It produces a slimy sludge like that.
>>
>> Jim
>
> I'm suspecting the bacteria thing is true.
> We live in Winnipeg, MB and our water source is Shoal Lake. There is a
> good chance of a reasonable amount of iron in the water from feeder pipes.
>
>
Most bacteria is killed off by 140 F. turning it down won't help. Maybe
you have some of that stuff they find in hot springs at yellowstone ;)
Since you can get the anode off (wow on an 11 YO tank) I suppose you could
put some bleach in that hole then flush. If the cold water is not
discolored, its not directly from the source
| 
Yahoo! 
Google 
Windows Live 
del.icio.us 
digg 
Netscape 
XML Sitemap