water heater plastic plug removal
With the weather forecasters saying the temperature here in MD will drop to 19 tomorrow night, today I decided it was time to drain water from the Outfitter Apex camper. I grabbed the head of the ...
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Aluminium does not corrode with water, but is very prone to electrocorossion, so those tanks do require quite different maintenance than steel tanks.
SS plug might be good solution, but try to find one.
Coming to plastic quality - I noticed technological set back in the industry similar to automotive batteries.
Driving Mercedes, those build in 1980's had plastics that still holds today. Beside interior, window sliders, transmission switches from those years do work after 30 years.
Now after year 2000, stupid rubber groomets tend to turn into dust after just few years of use.
I come to the point that when I need rubber or plastic part for 2008 car, I go to junk yard and pull the same part from 1980's model as that one will last.
SS plug might be good solution, but try to find one.
Coming to plastic quality - I noticed technological set back in the industry similar to automotive batteries.
Driving Mercedes, those build in 1980's had plastics that still holds today. Beside interior, window sliders, transmission switches from those years do work after 30 years.
Now after year 2000, stupid rubber groomets tend to turn into dust after just few years of use.
I come to the point that when I need rubber or plastic part for 2008 car, I go to junk yard and pull the same part from 1980's model as that one will last.
