While you are shopping get a three quarters ball valve and two three quarters brass nipples. Before you install the new heater remove the drain valve by screwing it out with a pipe wrench and installing the new ball valve with a nipple on each end. Now you will be set u p for minor draining so sediment does not build up. When you do a drain turn the valve on about 15 seconds then off and then, off and on qickly about half a dozen times to get the water sswirling then open for about thirty seconds or until the water is running clear. Doing this about once a month will do wonders for prolonging the life and performance of a heater. Note if you are going to use a garden hose to drain with you will need to get a three quarter pipe to garden hose adapter.. Of course use pipe dope or teflon thread tape to make sure the joints don't leak. Also if you forget and let this go too long between flushing a ball valve will open up totally so you can shove a rod into the tank and break loos blockages so the water will run out. May you have many years of trouble free hot water. Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: Kevin Doucet To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 2:33 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] hot water problem
Thanks Nancy, Guess I will start shopping arround for one. At 11:39 AM 12/18/2008, you wrote: >Silly me...with the water heater being 11 years old, I would consider >installing a new one. ...unless it is still under warranty. In my >experience, 11 years is a good life for a tank. Plus on a tank that old, >the effort to extended use ratio doesn't seem to be very high and it seems >like a lot of trouble for a little return....if it were a young tank, then >the effort could be worth it. > >Nancy > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > >__________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus >signature database 3703 (20081218) __________ > >The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > ><http://www.eset.com>http://www.eset.com Thanks. Kevin Doucet [email protected] confuse as says Blind man with unmarked forehead has large belly! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
