kordts said:
Rugged,
I like Diet Coke for the taste, my Nona drank Tab so that must be why I like it. I am 6' and clock in about 230 nowadays, I used to weigh 170, so I carry an extra bag of Sackcrete with me these days. I do the same, slap on the feedbag and then ask for a Diet Coke, I am sure the order taker is thinking, "yeah right, that's gonna help."
I was just kiddin about the meal; I haven't had fries in 7 days and don't miss them yet. Sorta going to bed hungry now and eating half of what I normally pound down in a day. I won't even bother weighing myself until my clothes start feeling loose.
While I agree they needed a PRV and EXP tank,
unless there was a check valve on the system I dont think that high of a pressure, 80#, would cause 2 tanks to go in 13 years.
What brand are you taking out.
Both were A.O. Smiths, both were installed with direct connections into the tank. When I drained out the one I replaced yesterday, the last 10 gallons looked like some kind of beef soup. It was horrible and was never drained. The tank blew from the top....and from checking the numbers.....missed it by one month.
Where this customer lives is in the same area as I'm in.....and if it is nearing 80 with everyone home using water and outside.....it definitely climbs to 100 at night. That is flexing that tank over and over until it finally gives.
No dielectric unions; they used dielectric nipples and used 3/4" copper female adaptors to connect. Right where those two were joined, BOTH were 2/3rds clogged. I'm never going to believe that dielectric nipples with copper connecting breaks the continuity between dissimilar materials. An electrical current.....even a weak one can travel through those 3 metals > Copper>Galvanized>Steel tank. Most tanks come with dielectric nipples sticking out of them so using female dielectric unions allows easy installation of fixed position copper piping and stops that connection of metal to metal transition.
I truly believe not draining that water heater along with high pressure was the most to blame, thirdly the possible electrical current issue affecting the tank.
I'll pull the anode rod out if it isn't a lot of work to see if it's gone.
That new GE I put in yesterday .......the cold inlet port was bent over an 1/8" and had to preform the copper to straighten it out to look good.