oneoldbanjo
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We built a new house and put the water heater in service in January 2007. This week the water heater developed a leak in the tank. The water heater has was a Whirlpool and had a lifetime Warranty - and both Whirlpool and Lowe's were quick to replace it. The water heater has a plate exchanger hooked up to my OWB for water coming into the heater, an expansion tank, and a sidearm exchanger hooked into my OWB. It is an electric 50 gallon water heater and we have a water softener in the the system that softens everything that comes into the building. We have public water that does not have any issues with minerals and is has a tested hardness of "10" prior to being softened. Prior to taking the dead water heater back to Lowe's pulled the anode rod to look at it.....and it was completely gone.
The new water heater almost identical to the one it replaced - but the new one is not a lifetime warranty and is only 12 years. I installed it with both the heat traps and dialectric insulater pipes on the inlet/outlet to the tank. The OWB connections are all PEX and should not be making any dialectric problems.
Anyone have any ideas about how to make this new water heater last? I am thinking about adding an electric anode to the system that is supposed to prevent corrosion by using electrical current to prevent corrosion.
The new water heater almost identical to the one it replaced - but the new one is not a lifetime warranty and is only 12 years. I installed it with both the heat traps and dialectric insulater pipes on the inlet/outlet to the tank. The OWB connections are all PEX and should not be making any dialectric problems.
Anyone have any ideas about how to make this new water heater last? I am thinking about adding an electric anode to the system that is supposed to prevent corrosion by using electrical current to prevent corrosion.