Water heater question

[1bigfokker]

If you're handy drain your hot water heater take out the old valve and replace it with a ball valve. You'll need a couple 3/4 in fittings and a short piece of copper pipe. Sweat it together and enjoy.

 

[tikkalover]

I just had to replace the 12 gallon electric\gas water heater in my camper

Only $1150.00 with labor. Told the wife for that amount, we could've bought a lot of gas for the pickup and made a lot of trips to the shower house.

 

[watson]

I just had to replace the 12 gallon electric\gas water heater in my camper

Only $1150.00 with labor. Told the wife for that amount, we could've bought a lot of gas for the pickup and made a lot of trips to the shower house.

$100/gallon? Crazy prices. It's nuts how the smaller things in a camper cost 2x the regular home sized things

 

[AR-15]

I have a tankless water heater, cleaned it once at 3 months, vinegar came out clean hope it keeps going

 

[Prairie Doggin']

My lower element went out, and I figured for $30 or so, might as well see if I could stretch it out a few years. Hooked up hose, ran hose to drain, and opened up outlet. Didn't pay any attention and thought it drained. When I removed element, water started pouring out. Ended up pulling element out slightly, vacuuming until shop vac was full, replacing element to dump vac, and repeating 8-10 times.

So much sediment (rural water) in there that the outlet drain plugged immediately, but I never noticed. I did stretch the life of the water heater about another 4 years with the new element, though.

 

[deleted member]

Thermocouple is a cheap fix. $15 part? No brainer. Do it yourself. If it doesn't solve the problem, you ain't out much.

 

[johnr]

Thermocouple is a cheap fix. $15 part? No brainer. Do it yourself. If it doesn't solve the problem, you ain't out much.

It didn't solve the problem, our plumber will be installing my new NG water heater this morning.
Water heater $600, plumber probably $500.

FJB is all I have to say.

 

[johnr]

The fucking ice maker on the refrigerator is all effed up now too.

 

[deleted member]

Unplug the fridge for a few hours. It will reset it and also unthaw it if it may have froze up.

 

[guywhofishes]

Almost 30 yrs of homeownership and I have never flushed the hot water heater in any house. I have bought several dishwashers not ever a water heater. Ignorance is sometimes bliss

 

[Petras]

The fucking ice maker on the refrigerator is all effed up now too.

this is what happens... you let a tech in to work on one piece of equipment and the others get jealous and demand attention. sorry about your luck!

 

[johnr]

I knew this would haunt me. I once told a coworker that my diesel pickup will last me a lifetime, as I only put a couple weekends a year on it, within 3 weeks the engine blew a rod out the side of the block...

WTF I open my fat mouth for is beyond me.

 

[guywhofishes]

LOL. Classic. Me too.

 

[FightingSioux]

I knew this would haunt me. I once told a coworker that my diesel pickup will last me a lifetime, as I only put a couple weekends a year on it, within 3 weeks the engine blew a rod out the side of the block...

WTF I open my fat mouth for is beyond me.

Just hope it quits working before it decides to catastrophically fail and dumps hundreds of gallons before you finally notice it……..

 

[Zogman]

Ice makers, no flipp'n way! Wife is complete agreement. Quit using those about 4 fridges ago.
Old school 4 ice cube trays.