Time to make a Lowe’s trip in the morning with a 10% off coupon and buy another hybrid water heater like the one I put in at the old house. Yeah, they’re $1200 new, but cost about $100/year to operate. A comparable standard resistance element water heater costs around $400/year, so the hybrid payback is pretty quick.
After all, it’s only money... -D > On Dec 30, 2019, at 2:33 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Dan wrote: "This could get ugly." > > You meant "uglier". > > On Mon, Dec 30, 2019 at 1:07 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> The best part about Kroil is its largely inoffensive smell, unlike PB >> Blaster... >> Would a gallon of white vinegar allowed to sit for an hour be worth doing? >> In lantern land vinegar gets used to clean parts quite often. I upgraded to >> citric acid, I can make it stronger and in the long run its cheaper too. >> -Curt >> >> On Monday, December 30, 2019, 1:00:29 PM EST, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> Kroil 1, water heater 0. >> >> Old valve removed, new setup with brass fittings and ball valve in place. >> Now draining into my front yard for some free landscape watering. Long time >> for 80 gallons of water to drain via gravity through a 3/4” garden hose. >> Then the pulsing comes in to hopefully clear some of the scale out. >> >> -D >> >> >>> On Dec 30, 2019, at 12:53 PM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: >>> >>> This reminds me, we're going to (finally!) replace the exhaust manifold >> on the Pisten Bully on Wednesday. Its cracked near the flange to the turbo >> and has been leaking the whole time I've been around the machine. Ben says >> the machine is noticeably down on power because of it. Oh and you need to >> run with the windows open all the time because the cab fills with exhaust. >> The "crack" is by now nearly 1/16" wide, its huge... >>> >>> I went down yesterday and soaked all the bolts in Kroil. The studs from >> the manifold to the turbo are a lost cause. The bolts into the engine don't >> look bad though. Fortunately the manifold comes with new studs. >>> >>> $1700 for the manifold direct from Pisten Bully. You might remember that >> this is an MB engine but the Pisten Bully tilts the turbo differently, we >> never could find an MB manifold that we could work with... >>> >>> -Curt >>> >>> On Monday, December 30, 2019, 11:47:40 AM EST, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>> Since most of the household is back to work today, I figured it would be >> a good time to do some maintenance on the hot water heater. >>> >>> A bit of a build-up: >>> >>> This (new) house was owned by a widow for probably 8 years after her >> husband (allegedly) offed himself. That’s a pretty bizarre story for >> another day. Anyway, as you might suspect, she was prone to get sucked in >> by contractors as well as not maintain things as one should. One of her >> early “misses” was installing a solar water heater system. She did this >> when we still lived across the street, so it was about 10 years ago at >> least. She pissed everyone in the neighborhood off, as she gave the >> contractor everyone’s contact information so they could come around and >> pitch their crap. That did not go over well. >>> >>> When she had the roof replaced a year ago she had the roofer remove the >> solar panel, yet they left the stub-ups for the water lines. WTF? So I’ve >> got a new roof with a couple of pipes sticking out of it about a foot, but >> again, that’s just another issue for the list that I keep… >>> >>> The water heater is really a glorified storage tank. It’s an 80 gallon >> American water heater with a closed loop that the solar panel’s water would >> circulate through. Funny, as when we moved in I heard this whirring sound >> in the garage. The circulating pump was still connected to the loop piping >> and running, despite everything being disconnected. Duh! Oh yeah - because >> it’s a solar storage tank, it’s only got one 4500W heating element in it, >> too. Great. 80 gallons of water and a 4500W heating element... >>> >>> I was sure the water heater had never been flushed, so I did my morning >> run to Home Despot/Lowe’s and got some brass parts to replace the usual >> crappy drain valves on most water heaters. 3/4” brass nipple, brass ball >> valve, hose adapter and a cap. >>> >>> I get home, turn power off to the heater, get the garden hose run out of >> the garage, open a couple of hot water faucets in the house and get ready >> to open the nylon/plastic drain valve. >>> >>> Nothing. Nada. Not a drip. >>> >>> Get the compressor and a spray gun with a rubber tip. Open the drain >> valve, hit it with 100 psi air, and BOOM! A huge blowout on my side. Water >> and probably a 1/2 cup of scale comes flying out of the drain and coats me. >> Nice, but progress. >>> >>> Nope. There’s so much scale in this thing it just clogs the valve right >> back up after I blow it clear. >>> >>> OK, so we’re going to play nasty, eh? >>> >>> Got out my spray can of Kroil and hosed down the joint between a nipple >> coming out of the tank and the nylon/plastic drain valve. I’m enjoying some >> lunch while the Kroil does it’s thing. I’ll go out shortly and see if I can >> turn the valve loose. Earlier attempts yielded no movement. >>> >>> This could get ugly. >>> >>> -D >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com <http://www.okiebenz.com/> >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ < >> http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com < >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> >>> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
