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When to get new water heater ? john 05-14-2008
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Posted by john on May 14, 2008, 5:14 pm
I have an electric water heater...and just had laminated flooring installed.
The water heater is 15 years old. Most people are saying I should get a
new one very quick. Is this true ? I never had a problem with the
thing...still running without a problem. I just fear a big leak could
possibly occur anyday ?


Posted by hallerb@aol.com on May 14, 2008, 5:54 pm
wrote:
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> The water heater is 15 years old. =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BDMost people are sayin=
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> new one very quick. =EF=BF=BDIs this true ? =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BDI never had=
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big leak could
> possibly occur anyday ?

replace tank and add a drain pan to the new heater, before you ruin
all that new laminate....


Posted by Nate Nagel on May 14, 2008, 6:29 pm
john wrote:
> I have an electric water heater...and just had laminated flooring
> installed. The water heater is 15 years old. Most people are saying I
> should get a new one very quick. Is this true ? I never had a
> problem with the thing...still running without a problem. I just fear
> a big leak could possibly occur anyday ?

Check the anode. If it's down to the core in more than a few spots, get
a new heater.

You do have a drain in the room where the water heater is installed,
don't you?

nate

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Posted by peter on May 14, 2008, 7:52 pm
> john wrote:
>> I have an electric water heater...and just had laminated flooring
>> installed. The water heater is 15 years old. Most people are saying I
>> should get a new one very quick. Is this true ? I never had a problem
>> with the thing...still running without a problem. I just fear a big
>> leak could possibly occur anyday ?
>
> Check the anode. If it's down to the core in more than a few spots, get a
> new heater.
>
> You do have a drain in the room where the water heater is installed, don't
> you?

Most people do not examine their anode. If this applies here, then you anode
has probably disappear altogether after 15 years. Without a sacrificing
anode, the water corrodes the tank faster.

Even if you don't want to replace the tank, the least you should do is put a
pan under it to catch leak, and a flood alarm on the floor so you know right
away when it does leak.



Posted by Bob F on May 14, 2008, 7:59 pm

>> john wrote:
>>> I have an electric water heater...and just had laminated flooring installed.
>>> The water heater is 15 years old. Most people are saying I should get a
>>> new one very quick. Is this true ? I never had a problem with the
>>> thing...still running without a problem. I just fear a big leak could
>>> possibly occur anyday ?
>>
>> Check the anode. If it's down to the core in more than a few spots, get a
>> new heater.
>>
>> You do have a drain in the room where the water heater is installed, don't
>> you?
>
> Most people do not examine their anode. If this applies here, then you anode
> has probably disappear altogether after 15 years. Without a sacrificing anode,
> the water corrodes the tank faster.
>
> Even if you don't want to replace the tank, the least you should do is put a
> pan under it to catch leak, and a flood alarm on the floor so you know right
> away when it does leak.

Or the flood alarm IN the pan, so you know when a leak starts, not when it
becomes a real problem.



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