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Originally Posted by MN Renovator
"And because people know that HT heaters will fail, many times, within 5 or 6 years."
This is because people don't maintain the unit by replacing the anode rod or they take it out when the water gets a sulfur smell and then the tank quickly rusts out without the anode material.
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Will HW storage tanks without any 230 power to the heater elements have problems with their anode rod?
Our old 74 gallon tank started leaking because of rusted hardware, after only a few years.
I was able to repair the tank, but lost interest in repairing the leaking HX, due to corroded clean-out hardware.
At the time, my wife wanted the roof cleaned off for new asphalt shingles, and oil was dirt cheap..
So, we scrapped the system, as more trouble than it was worth.
