Author: techntrek
Subject: Blowing out water lines
Posted: 03 Nov 2016 at 9:10pm
Subject: Blowing out water lines
Posted: 03 Nov 2016 at 9:10pm
| Originally posted by jato Anode rod should last a long time, except when owner (me) forgot to open the 3 bypass valves and then turn the hot water tank on. That anode lasted maybe 15 seconds. Since then (April 2011) I have been on the same anode rod, only use well water, maybe that is why it is lasting as long as it has, no chemicals in it like what municipal water contains. |
Anode rod is not the same as the heater element. The latter is what will blow right away if there is no water in the tank.