Re: Hot Water Heater Preventative Measure
- From: "Bob M." <no@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 17:10:42 -0600
"Les" <lester123_nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I live in my condo the 4 summer months a year, and it is vacant otherwise.
Each year, I shut off the breaker to the hot water heater and shutoff the
water. When I turned things back on recently I notice a small leak on the
bottom of the hot water heater that the plumber said required replacing,
which I did. I also have a water softener which I also shutoff when not
there.
The previous hot water heater was only 8 years old when it failed. That
seems relatively a short time. The plumber said that water softeners
reduce the life of a hot water heater.
Am I doing something wrong? Should I be doing something else? I have
never drained the waqter from the valve on the bottom of the hot water
heater.
Your comments / suggestions would be appreciated.
One of the preventative measures you need to do is inspect the anode rod
every 2-3 years and replace it if needed. It's there to prevent the rest of
the tank from corroding & leaking. (it gets consumed before the steel tank
does).
.
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