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Posted by C & E on November 17, 2006, 4:09 pm
>I have a friend who late one evening decided to drain some water out of
> his hot water tank... last good dead of the day:)
>
> well the valve broke so no one had hot showers the next morning:( cheap
> vaves meant for only one use draion tank at time of disposal. no dirty
> water came out nice and clean so he accomplished nothing
>
>
> worse when replacing the valve he found the place it screwed into in
> poor shape, corroded he had to buy a bigger wrench to get the valve
> out..... the valve collapsed:(
>
> Well he did in a fashion get it together, and had repeated leaks.
>
> a month later he replaced the tank..........
> now he replaces the tank every 8 years.to prevent water damage to his
> shop if it leaked.
>
> now lets talk about the economics of all this.
>
> someone said a new tank is 400 bucks........50 bucks a year! less than
> the cost of a nice candy bar a week. few things are that cheap.:(
>
> I have tried unscrewing the anodes from a couple old tanks and couldnt
> budge them.
>
> just first shop for a NEW tank, then begin the anode job first thing in
> the AM with all the tools help etc to replace the tank just in case
> things go sour and your forced to install a hole new tank after a
> fitting breaks and jams.......
>
> ;et us know what happens and good luck.
>
> i leave my tank alone and replace every 8 years wether it needs it or
> not, hate inconvenient failures and flooded shop
>
Good story - better point made!! Thanks!
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