"This Old House" is big on them these days

Post #236,965 by lincoln 12/3/05 9:59:12 PM Reply	"This Old House" is big on them these days They've been installing them for the past 2 or 3 seasons. Would love to get a pair myself - our house was built in the fall of 1999 and it seems like both hot water heater tanks are taking longer to heat up the water, and it doesn't get as hot as it did when we bought the house 3 years ago. lincoln "Chicago to my mind was the only place to be. ... I above all liked the city because it was filled with people all a-bustle, and the clatter of hooves and carriages, and with delivery wagons and drays and peddlers and the boom and clank of freight trains. And when those black clouds came sailing in from the west, pouring thunderstorms upon us so that you couldn't hear the cries or curses of humankind, I liked that best of all. Chicago could stand up to the worst God had to offer. I understood why it was built--a place for trade, of course, with railroads and ships and so on, but mostly to give all of us a magnitude of defiance that is not provided by one house on the plains. And the plains is where those storms come from." -- E.L. Doctorow Never apply a Star Trek solution to a Babylon 5 problem. [link\|mailto:bconnors@ev1.net\|contact me]
Post #236,969 by Steve Lowe 12/4/05 12:25:35 AM Reply	I ended up conventional. I looked at several local stores, nobody stocked one adequate for a whole home - but they'd be happy to order one for me at 2-3 days delivery. Since I felt failure was imminent, and failure would ruin a living area of our home, I opted for the 'better' (their rating) GE 40 gallon model from Home Depot. Next time, I hope to make a pre-emptive strike. -- Steve [link\|http://www.ubuntulinux.org\|Ubuntu]
Post #236,970 by drewk 12/4/05 12:42:04 AM Reply	Never happen Hot water heaters are one of those things that never gets replaced until it fails. And once it fails, you don't have time to research it. === Purveyor of Doc Hope's [link\|http://DocHope.com\|fresh-baked dog biscuits and pet treats]. [link\|http://DocHope.com\|http://DocHope.com]
Post #236,987 by Ashton 12/4/05 6:58:46 AM Reply	Re: "This Old House" is big on them these days Two questions come to mind: How hard is the water there? Have you ever partly- drained the water heater to get some of the bottom sediment out, before it turns to insulating concrete around the coils? OK: 2\ufffd - ever hear popping sounds, as the heater warms up? (That's usually chunks coming off the solidified coating; for most - that signals, "you waited too long".) All other things being 'normal', and the odds against failure of two thermostats (even to '05 standards) being long.. I wot that very few ever use that drain valve. (I include myself, though I tend to remember at least annually; so far OK after ~ 20 yrs. Not terribly 'hard' water though.)

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