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| J-L Belard 2006-12-25, 8:25 pm |
| I had to replace my old electric 50-gallon water heater which died Friday
before Christmas. I was amazed at the weight of this thing. I thought it
was made of simple tank with resistances and insulation. Could somebody tell
me why it is so heavy. Is the tank itself made of steel?
Thanks for your input and happy new year
J-Louis
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| On Mon, 25 Dec 2006 21:10:38 -0500, "J-L Belard"
<jlbelard@comcast.net> wrote:
>I had to replace my old electric 50-gallon water heater which died Friday
>before Christmas. I was amazed at the weight of this thing. I thought it
>was made of simple tank with resistances and insulation. Could somebody tell
>me why it is so heavy. Is the tank itself made of steel?
>Thanks for your input and happy new year
>
>J-Louis
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Water?
--
Oren
"Well, it doesn't happen all the time, but when it happens, it happens constantly."
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| Speedy Jim 2006-12-25, 9:25 pm |
| J-L Belard wrote:
> I had to replace my old electric 50-gallon water heater which died Friday
> before Christmas. I was amazed at the weight of this thing. I thought it
> was made of simple tank with resistances and insulation. Could somebody tell
> me why it is so heavy. Is the tank itself made of steel?
> Thanks for your input and happy new year
>
> J-Louis
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Tank (inner tank) is fairly heavy steel shell
because it has to withstand bursting pressures.
The thing may also have a significant weight in
accumulated minerals.
Jim
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| Steve Barker LT 2006-12-25, 9:25 pm |
| yes, it is steel, and it could very well be half full of calcium buildup
also. I pulled a 5 gallon bucket of deposits out of the drain of mine once.
It failed shortly later.
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Steve Barker
"J-L Belard" <jlbelard@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:ioydnbfI_-MCGQ3YnZ2dnUVZ_u-unZ2d@comcast.com...
>I had to replace my old electric 50-gallon water heater which died Friday
>before Christmas. I was amazed at the weight of this thing. I thought it
>was made of simple tank with resistances and insulation. Could somebody
>tell me why it is so heavy. Is the tank itself made of steel?
> Thanks for your input and happy new year
>
> J-Louis
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| J-L Belard 2006-12-26, 9:25 am |
| Thanks Steve ans Speedy who understood I was talking about a drained tank.
Made of steel and half full of minerals, it does make sense that the darn
thing is heavy.
Happy new year
J-L
"Steve Barker LT" <railphotonut@not.hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:2-ydnfXdOpBeFw3YnZ2dnUVZ_qqrnZ2d@giganews.com...
> yes, it is steel, and it could very well be half full of calcium buildup
> also. I pulled a 5 gallon bucket of deposits out of the drain of mine
> once. It failed shortly later.
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> --
> Steve Barker
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> "J-L Belard" <jlbelard@comcast.net> wrote in message
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| scott21230@gmail.com 2006-12-26, 9:25 am |
| You are supposed to flush your water heater on a regular basis to
prevent the buildup of this material.
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| hallerb@aol.com 2006-12-26, 9:25 am |
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scott21230@gmail.com wrote:
> You are supposed to flush your water heater on a regular basis to
> prevent the buildup of this material.
often like around here flushing accomplishes nothing but perhaps
causing a leak. Regional variations in water often result in nothing
coming out, except a drippy drain valve
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| J-L Belard 2006-12-28, 9:25 am |
| Thanks very much
J-L
"Steve Barker LT" <railphotonut@not.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> yes, it is steel, and it could very well be half full of calcium buildup
> also. I pulled a 5 gallon bucket of deposits out of the drain of mine
> once. It failed shortly later.
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> --
> Steve Barker
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> "J-L Belard" <jlbelard@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:ioydnbfI_-MCGQ3YnZ2dnUVZ_u-unZ2d@comcast.com...
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