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Post by OptimallyDismal on Mar 19, 2023 9:53:09 GMT -6
Dad had an old hot water tank that he got used so we had no idea how old it was, it was in the house for 25 years, it was 120v, about 25 gallon. At that time it was a cistern in the basement for water so the downpipes ran rain water in and we pumped runoff snow water to fill in the spring. There was no noticeable damage to any taps, no mineral buildup, and no anode in the tank either! Since he got town water he is on his second water heater, so the first one lasted about 12 years.
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Post by kevlar on Mar 19, 2023 10:40:05 GMT -6
Here’s the tank I was talking about.
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Post by northernfarmer on Mar 19, 2023 11:10:58 GMT -6
I was wondering what is behind those doors and this link answers that question, its not a tank but instead a tankless hot water heater as Mr Ruud standing beside his hot water heater. Here I thought the tankless hot water heater was a new invention, that is not the case.
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Post by iamwill on Mar 19, 2023 12:18:23 GMT -6
Dad had the two hot water tanks replaced with one tankless one. The total installed cost was just under 3000. He also pulled out the furnace fan and found the problem was one of the mounting bolts from the motor had come out and the other three were loose causing it to bind. There is some damage to the fan but it still works. Found a complete new fan assembly on Amazon for $230, the repair guy quoted him just under 3k to replace it. Dad told them to fk off! This was from one of the big hvac companies in lethbridge with a good reputation. I don't think the average home owner would have a clue and would have just gotten it repaired/replaced and be none the wiser. So much for all of these companies bs about saving energy, reducing emissions, going green and all that crap. It's all about making money.
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tsipp
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Post by tsipp on Apr 13, 2023 22:34:03 GMT -6
That's interesting, so well water and it obviously has issues to build up that much crap in it. I can see now how you were able to access lower down in the tank because its an electric water heater, mine is nat gas so unless one was willing to twist off ( probably ) the drain tap to get any sort of access, there is no way to really do anything unless one was using a pressure washer with a long wand down the outlet port on top of the tank. But the tanks only last so long it seems due to corrosion so its not worth the hassle to do too much and just plan on replacing the moment something goes wrong or it springs a leak. Now the small size tanks which I think are called 33 gallon units are around 1100.00 as they are a certain amount more than an electric water heater due to the gas burner and control system, not so many years ago they were about half of that if not less. I can well imagine in a few years time from new that the nat gas heater is not performing like it should due to a pile of crap sitting in the bottom insulating the burner from transferring the heat properly and tossing it for a new one at least starts that process from new. It’s a John wood, this one the serial number starts with a 74 so I kinda wonder if it’s only 49 years old, I was told that it was the only water heater in the old house, it was built in 69 so maybe they didn’t have hot water the first five years, it sounds strange but so are my relatives. I was born in 69 so I don’t have a clue.
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Post by northernfarmer on Apr 14, 2023 3:03:31 GMT -6
People used to be able to survive in a building not much different then an old wooden grain bin, no electricity, no water, hardly a pot to piss in nor a window to throw it out of. So not having a hot water tank for some who grew up with next to nothing at all and probably boiled water on a wood stove top to pour into one of those weird looking bathtubs they had back in the old west, I could see that happening even after building a brand new house. Like one neighbour yard about 3 miles away before my time that refused to have electricity run along the road on his property when they put electricity into this farming area because he refused to pay for it nor wanted the power poles on his property, to this day the poles jog over to the other side of the road for what now looks like an unexplained reason now but that was the reason back then, power ran past his place on the other side of the road and he remained without power just as he was used to going without. Pretty sure he had no electric hot water heater, in fact no hot water heater.
So yes, very impressive tsipp that your heater is that vintage and still going, perhaps there is something special about your water.
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tsipp
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Post by tsipp on Apr 14, 2023 5:20:00 GMT -6
I don’t think electricity was in this yard until 1968, so it’s not hard to imagine that they went a few more years without hot water, we do have good water, spring fed but only a gallon a minute so a year ago I tapped into a better spring high up the hill so now the water pressure is 47 psi without a pump, this new water is probably a little better quality, not sure how long a tank will last but it’s definitely a good one.
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Post by Oatking on Apr 14, 2023 6:48:41 GMT -6
TSIPP , just curious do you guys test your natural spring water pressure. My land in Piney mb was tested at 20psi. If I didnt have a sump pump or a back up the water could easily fill a basement in no time. One quarter I cleared had a spring on top of a hill. It really had me confused and was terribly hard to work the land. I ended up ripping a ditch for the top of the hill to the low rm drain. That water ran all summer until the ground water level was at the rm ditch. Then I could finally work the land. Beautiful land after it was cleared and worked. sorry for off topic but my yard and house that i rented out was always a worry if the renters didnt monitor the pumps. basement flooded once. In the red river valley you have to dig pretty deep to hit the ground water. a drill team looking for lithium on my neighbors land close to rosenort drilled down 700ft for the water.
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tsipp
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Post by tsipp on Apr 14, 2023 8:00:55 GMT -6
Most of the springs in this area are on native grass, the water is always welcome. Most of the water wells in this area are 450 feet deep, some don’t have very good water, high sulphate levels, almost too high for cows, some have great water and flow out the top, I’ve got one that will flow 300 gpm if you let it, as far as I understand the deep wells around here are from the same aquifer, it’s funny that the quality and flow is all over the place.
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