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My hot water heater is 30 years old

submitted by prominent_proboscis to random 1.3 yearsFeb 14, 2023 08:12:57 ago (+31/-1)     (random)

because we’re on well water. no chlorine, no fluoride, no mystery jew shit. avoid that city water like the plague it is.


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[ - ] jsac 17 points 1.3 yearsFeb 14, 2023 10:03:55 ago (+17/-0)

My dish washer is 45 years old. She'll be turning 46 in another month.

[ - ] cyclops1771 12 points 1.3 yearsFeb 14, 2023 09:10:30 ago (+12/-0)

WHy do you need a "hot water heater"? If it is hot already, why do you need a heater?

[ - ] deleted 4 points 1.3 yearsFeb 14, 2023 09:27:57 ago (+4/-0)

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[ - ] Sheitstrom 2 points 1.3 yearsFeb 14, 2023 09:44:31 ago (+2/-0)

Ok.. so there is water and it's wet but does it stay wet after processing in this "hot water heater"? If the water turns to steam the remaining water is dry is it not? What if the water is already hot?

[ - ] deleted 6 points 1.3 yearsFeb 14, 2023 09:49:36 ago (+6/-0)

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[ - ] RobertJHarsh 3 points 1.3 yearsFeb 14, 2023 09:53:34 ago (+3/-0)

What are you talking about? I just had my water cooler replaced!

[ - ] deleted 3 points 1.3 yearsFeb 14, 2023 09:57:55 ago (+3/-0)

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[ - ] Master_Foo 2 points 1.3 yearsFeb 14, 2023 13:39:33 ago (+2/-0)

Water cooler?
You mean a "cold water cooler"?

This conversation is retarded.

[ - ] Sheitstrom 1 point 1.3 yearsFeb 14, 2023 10:02:54 ago (+1/-0)

So it goes through a "cold water cooler" afterwards like an air conditioner so I can drink it or use my HE coldwater washing machine? Is that double processing why my clothes don't get clean?

[ - ] deleted 1 point 1.3 yearsFeb 14, 2023 10:08:38 ago (+1/-0)

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[ - ] Sheitstrom 1 point 1.3 yearsFeb 14, 2023 10:33:30 ago (+1/-0)

lol at the solid cube of ice.

[ - ] ReincarnatedGoat 0 points 1.3 yearsFeb 14, 2023 14:32:15 ago (+0/-0)

Im not sure if this is a relevant question as it is not directly a "water" related question, but when you mentioned the stained shirt thing, i thought, maybe my missing sock situation was related somehow?

[ - ] The_Reunto 0 points 1.3 yearsFeb 14, 2023 15:50:40 ago (+0/-0)

Just to clarify, the water does not come into the house preheated as a courtesy from the utility company.

See, we're missing out. Those Icelanders have the right idea

[ - ] cyclops1771 2 points 1.3 yearsFeb 14, 2023 10:57:14 ago (+2/-0)

That's a "water heater". If it is already "hot water", why the fuck would you need to heat it?

[ - ] bobdole9 1 point 1.3 yearsFeb 14, 2023 18:36:47 ago (+1/-0)

You may have stumbled upon a midwesterner. We speak funny.

[ - ] cyclops1771 0 points 1.3 yearsFeb 15, 2023 13:55:36 ago (+0/-0)

I always heard "water heater" or "hot water tank", the latter from the old fart farmer types who remember (or still have) water tanks that don't have integrated heating elements.

[ - ] Peleg 4 points 1.3 yearsFeb 14, 2023 10:44:01 ago (+4/-0)

I have a wonderful well. It has a tiny bit of iron in the water. I have to replace my water heater about every 20 to 25 years. The pressure switch has to be replaced every 8 to 10 years. That tiny bit of iron gives my water a good taste. It's not really a taste as much as it gives it body? Maybe? It's not enough to turn our clothes orange.
We will never move because we would never have a well this good anywhere else.

[ - ] ModernGuilt 4 points 1.3 yearsFeb 14, 2023 08:22:19 ago (+4/-0)

Change your magnesium rods

[ - ] GeneralDisposition 2 points 1.3 yearsFeb 14, 2023 09:13:02 ago (+2/-0)

This. They dissolve and have to be replaced. They exist to kill odd smells and tastes. I work in a major city and had a water drip in a pipe that was over a breezeway and couldn't get to it right away. Half a day later it stopped dripping due to the calcium and rust in the water. I filter all my drinking water.

[ - ] GeneralDisarray 3 points 1.3 yearsFeb 14, 2023 14:49:20 ago (+3/-0)

Wrong!

They are sacrificial anodes. They rot out instead of the steel tank.

Old water heaters had three and lasted forever. The new ones have only one and last ten years.

[ - ] Prairie 1 point 1.3 yearsFeb 14, 2023 20:54:55 ago (+1/-0)

Change them every 10 years, and drain your tank yearly.

[ - ] bossman131 2 points 1.3 yearsFeb 14, 2023 08:23:51 ago (+2/-0)

My hot water heater is 30 yrs old? Why are you heating hot water?

[ - ] deleted 0 points 1.3 yearsFeb 14, 2023 09:30:32 ago (+0/-0)*

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[ - ] Dwel 1 point 1.3 yearsFeb 14, 2023 10:36:43 ago (+1/-0)

Its a water heater? as you wouldnt need to heat hot water?

[ - ] deleted 2 points 1.3 yearsFeb 14, 2023 10:37:45 ago (+2/-0)

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[ - ] ReincarnatedGoat 0 points 1.3 yearsFeb 14, 2023 14:33:39 ago (+0/-0)

Magic

[ - ] LostWhale 1 point 1.3 yearsFeb 14, 2023 14:50:29 ago (+1/-0)

This conversation is how the Jews took ovee

[ - ] NaturalSelectionistWorker 1 point 1.3 yearsFeb 14, 2023 11:04:35 ago (+1/-0)

Just you wait, when Bill Gates poisons all the aquifers and contaminates the ground water table, you'll be in the same boat.

[ - ] Belfuro 0 points 1.3 yearsFeb 14, 2023 15:17:22 ago (+0/-0)

Like in Ohio and nearbys

[ - ] Aze 1 point 1.3 yearsFeb 14, 2023 10:25:29 ago (+1/-0)

WTFing hell is going on in this insane asylum?! Nothing here make sens...

Oh.. random ok. I get it.

[ - ] deleted 1 point 1.3 yearsFeb 14, 2023 09:28:40 ago (+1/-0)

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[ - ] Crackinjokes 1 point 1.3 yearsFeb 14, 2023 08:48:58 ago (+1/-0)

If it ain't broke don't fix it.

As a side note you must be in a low mineral area so you don't have a lot of minerals leaching into your well water. Not much limestone is my guess. Probably hard rock or sand like Florida or some Rocky mountain State?

[ - ] TheNoticing 0 points 1.3 yearsFeb 14, 2023 23:21:09 ago (+0/-0)

This is the way.

[ - ] totes_magotes 0 points 1.3 yearsFeb 14, 2023 19:49:57 ago (+0/-0)

You don't have a hot water heater. You have a water heater. You don't need something to heat water that is already hot.

[ - ] HonkyMcNiggerSpic 0 points 1.3 yearsFeb 14, 2023 17:42:39 ago (+0/-0)

Mine crapped out last year. It was 12-13 years old. I changed it all myself. Fuckin gwaterheaters are expensive as fucj these days. fuckin jews

[ - ] StealthNinjaTaliban 0 points 1.3 yearsFeb 14, 2023 15:40:51 ago (+0/-0)

dude no....its gross inside. Trust me. Look for videos of people taking apart old hot water heaters

[ - ] Special_Prosecutor 0 points 1.3 yearsFeb 14, 2023 12:44:21 ago (+0/-0)

#1 Add an expansion tank near the heater exit. This greatly reduces internal stresses from the expansion cycles.

#2 Preventative Maintenance sacrificial anode rods, magnesium is best

#3 PM Clean out sediments 6 month cycle

[ - ] lolxd 0 points 1.3 yearsFeb 14, 2023 12:08:40 ago (+0/-0)

Entirely depends on your city, my gas water heater is over 40 years old and still kicking it.

[ - ] Nosferatjew 0 points 1.3 yearsFeb 14, 2023 11:54:05 ago (+0/-0)

Post-wall water heater, just tryna find a good man.