Hot water heater full of debris
When I was winterizing my camper I shut off the valve to the water heater, and then pulled the plug to drain it. I probably had a half cup of metal debris from the anode rod come out, and a lot more l...
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debris would never make it to the pump, since cold fresh is pumped into the water heater, hot water is not pumped out. i guess you might have some sort of hydronic floor / baseboard heating system, maybe?
my tank flushed out a lot of scale, it's not all metal from the anode, only some anode metal bonds to the other lighter metals in the water itself that would otherwise damage the tank
I haven't needed a vacuum, but I guess I never probed around in there with a camera or anything. six gallons of fresh rushing out the anode plug carried out all my debris.
my tank flushed out a lot of scale, it's not all metal from the anode, only some anode metal bonds to the other lighter metals in the water itself that would otherwise damage the tank
I haven't needed a vacuum, but I guess I never probed around in there with a camera or anything. six gallons of fresh rushing out the anode plug carried out all my debris.
