I changed out both elements in my electrc water back in late August. Had to change the bottom one out again today.
Another casualty of the auroral storm. Darn those cosmic rays!
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Is anyone drinking this water?
When is the last time it got tested?
You ought to do a send away test. It's about $200 bucks on Amazon.
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Yikes! Hard water?
That's why you should have a gas water heater if you have hard water. Electric units get wrecked by scale, regardless of a water softener.
But it’s a greenhouse gases contributor - electric is better. Check that anode commented below.
Anodes protect against corrosion. They don't do anything for hard water scale.
Looks like some types can help with hard water too
https://plumbingnav.com/water-heaters/anode-rod-by-water-type/
The active electronic ones may. I'll admit I don't know a lot about those.
Electric ain't better if you have to replace it constantly. Think of the emissions to produce these parts.
The emissions to produce a single heating element off a factory line are probably a lot smaller than keeping a jug of water in your house hot by burning natural gas off and on all day every day forever
And that’s why you get an on demand unit. In either case, heating water in a jug over and over just so it might be hot hen you need it is not a great idea.
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And so we come to the eventual argument. An electric water heater is going to keep a jug of water in your house hot by running off and on all day forever. Where did that electricity come from?
In my case, a mix of fossil fuel and renewable resources that on the whole are significantly less carbon-intensive per unit of energy than straight up burning methane in my house
I wish we had European style water heaters at the tap. But that's not safe. You should see what I find in hospital infrastructure.
Oh I used to work at a hospital that was built in the 60s and know full well what sort of asbestos-laden Frankenstein's monster they become over time
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Came with the house. Changing it out would not be fun.
Maybe with that attitude. You are willing to swap a heating element but not running a gas line? It ain't shit but playing with black pipe and dope like a white girl with daddy issues.
Those are two different skill sets, just because you think swapping a heating element is hard doesn't mean everyone else does
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I'm guessing the inside of your tank looks just like this and swapping new heating elements in isn't going to fix that. Maybe try flushing it out first?
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Have you checked your sacrificial anode? If it’s gone, this will keep happening.
Was hoping someone remembered what that thing was called
Anodes protect against corrosion. They don't do anything for hard water scale.
That's not entirely true: sacrificial anodes attract and collect calcium and magnesium as well as preventing rust.
The prevention of rust does slow scale accumulation because rust is a rough porous surface that scale likes to stick to. But other than that (anodes also are rough porous surfaces) I'm not aware of any way they actively reduce it. Maybe the electronic ones, but that's out of my wheelhouse (and they aren't sacrificial).
I have never heard of this before. Thanks for mentioning it.
The sacrificial anode is there to protect the steel tank. It lasts a long time. This is a hard water problem as everyone else is saying, and a water softener would solve the issue.
*Edit: check the very bottom of your tank since you have the elements out. It most likely has a pile of calcium and other minerals sitting on the bottom.
-a plumber
Anodes for the anode gods!
This is a hard water problem
I'll take some hard water
Absolut
Yeah you will
Do fill your hot water heater with pesto / green chili salsa whatever we got there
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