I am stupid, I am stupid, I am stupid.........

RAS43 wrote:
I thought he was talking about using those crappy scotch lock connectors.:E

That was my first thought too. Those things should be illegal !

I bet you never do it again. I had a neighbor that was lazy lazy lazy and put off winterizing his trailer and had a tank split. He thought it would only be around $100 to replace, was he in for a shock.

You can squeeze the split together and weld it shut. I have a similar split in my HWH that someone had welded years before I got it. However, if you do that, when you get the welded tank back pressurize it with compressed air and then leak-check it with soapy water. I found a tiny tiny leak in my welded tank that the previous owner never bothered to redo (like so many other half-a___d "repairs" he did to the rig).

BTW you're not stupid, stupid, stupid... but rather careless, careless, careless... Big difference, there no fixing stupid!

Optical illusion. Looked like the NIKE swoop to me. However, I couldn't explain how come it was there.

Time to trade it in for a nicer unit. One without a split water heater. Was that an option?

look at it this way. You are not the one that invented that trick.

I bought one in AK once without checking the water tank. :R

This one is electric or gas. I think I will just replace the tank instead of the whole thing.

Look on the good side -- you can get a better WH, preferably one with both electric and gas.

I thought he was talking about using those crappy scotch lock connectors.:E

My wife, Silver Cloud, has taught me to look at the bright side. So, here it is:

You'll never forget to drain it again!

Still sux, tho.