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DUNEBUGGYDOUG
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Aug 19, 2013

milky looking water coming from hot water heater

Water coming from hot water heater is milky, cloudy looking or whatever you want to call it. If you run some into a cup or glass and let it sit for a minute it becomes clear as a bell, what is going o...
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Old-Biscuit
Explorer III
Aug 19, 2013
As posted......source water is saturated with air which comes out of solution when heated.

To test; fill a glass with the hot water, if it clears from the bottom up then it is just air bubbles in the water.

If the opposite happens (clears from top down) it could be sediment in the water. Which you should see on bottom of glass.

Is your water heater a Suburban with anode rod?

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