So you recommend +50 temps to get rid of the people from the brew then?People "happily" inhabit temperatures of between 10 and 30 degrees, but are also found in areas where the temparature is -60 or +50 as well...
So you recommend +50 temps to get rid of the people from the brew then?People "happily" inhabit temperatures of between 10 and 30 degrees, but are also found in areas where the temparature is -60 or +50 as well...
So you recommend +50 temps to get rid of the people from the brew then?
So you recommend +50 temps to get rid of the people from the brew then?
Bottom line is, don't think about eating the annode, think about licking it a couple of times over a few years.
Mine is much the same as this, I would void my warranty for the filter/housing if I use it with water over 32. Not sure how they'd know though.Just checked my own filter and it's operating range is from 4 - 82 degrees C. So to me that's the best solution. Crank the hot tap and run it through the filter. B)
Wow! Whats that, 67 posts? Hey some pretty good stuff too. Plan B was always to convert to natural gas (methane) from the street when I do re-do our kitchen. Thats cheap too..
Cheers
KOS
Dunno, is it? Mine's a Rheem with an adjustable thermostat between 50C and 80C, currently set at 75C. It's a small unit and I'd rather use more power keeping it at a hotter temperature than run out of hot water every time I take a shower. You can't access that without taking off the cover plate, and you can't take off the cover plate without shutting off the power, and since it's a fixed appliance you can't do any of that unless you're an electrician. I, of course, know what's under there and what it's set to because an electrician friend showed me.Damn...if only every one (could) set there HWS to strike temp........
leathalcorps.....I am listening....yes it aint legal......
Who, me? I'm not self-appointed, I was appointed by the Luminary General.Not at all. Just that these threads at times seem to be a panacea for self-appointed luminaries to scare-monger.
This intrigued me, because I thought they all came with at least five years warranty, mostly ten and up to twenty, so I checked the aquamax website. Slippery bastards eh? They give you a 5yr warranty on the cylinder, but a 1yr warranty on parts and labour.:lol: You have a gem then... Isn't a given that they only have a 10 year duty cycle these days.
Scary actually, ours is a 5 year old Aquamax and it's already blown a control unit. $400 later and five minutes work from the Plumber its functioning again. <_<
Warren -
This intrigued me, because I thought they all came with at least five years warranty, mostly ten and up to twenty, so I checked the aquamax website. Slippery bastards eh? They give you a 5yr warranty on the cylinder, but a 1yr warranty on parts and labour.
Bugger. How'd that happen? Shouldn't be in contact with the water should it?
This was precisely my thinking. The whole idea of an anode surely implies a chemical reaction with the metal to form some other chemical compound which is nothing like either of the two elements that make it up. Its not like eating the metal because the stuff that corrodes off the anode by that stage is a totally different substance.The sacrificial annodes don't dissolve, they react with the corrosive elements to form salts.
Well said MFS, I had half replied along the same lines, however, I was far more vitriolic in my choice of words... Some things are better left unsaid I guess.
+1 thank God for MFS, why didn't you post earlier instead of putting us through all the duplicated posts about us all going to die
Rook
Who said anything about dying from using hot tank water? I said it tastes bad. Others said Mg is a tonic, others said it falls into the bottom of your tank. No-one (and I just re-read the thread to confirm) said that anyone was going to die.
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