Clean Water Heater
Have 2004 Tioga 26Q, Atwood water heater. Have watched You Tube videos about dumping water, squirting inside with wand, draining, and filling tank with white vinegar and water to remove "scale". I do...
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Last year I decided to do a vinegar soak on my water heater since I could see a lot of scale in the bottom of the tank.
I think I used too much vinegar though - didn't dilute it much, and let it sit overnight.
Imagine my surprise the next day when my anode rod was about half gone (was a new one that year)!
I flushed all the vinegar out (the tank was nice and clean!) and thought all was well.
I thought I flushed everything good enough with copious amounts of water, but should have neutralized the vinegar also - now my external water heater area where the vinegar ran out/over it is a little rusty. I'm chalking that up to the vinegar reacting with the metal & promoting corrosion.
Oh well, live and learn!
CC
I think I used too much vinegar though - didn't dilute it much, and let it sit overnight.
Imagine my surprise the next day when my anode rod was about half gone (was a new one that year)!
I flushed all the vinegar out (the tank was nice and clean!) and thought all was well.
I thought I flushed everything good enough with copious amounts of water, but should have neutralized the vinegar also - now my external water heater area where the vinegar ran out/over it is a little rusty. I'm chalking that up to the vinegar reacting with the metal & promoting corrosion.
Oh well, live and learn!
CC
