On Mar 7, 8:18�pm, "Roger Shoaf" wrote:
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Firing up a hot water tank with no water can ruin it almost instantly
espically if its electric but even gas!! BAD IDEA!

I do not suggest fireing up the tank and then going to lunch, I was
suggesting that if one was concerned about a little residual moisture uou
could light the burner for a couple of minutes while you monitored the unit.

Kind of like setting the cast iron frying pan on the stove after you wash
it.

BTW I agree that on an electric heater it would kill the element running it
dry, but on the gas unit all you would do is warm up the tank a bit. *On the
gas you would have to get the sucker screaming hot to do any damage.

--
Roger Shoaf
If you are not part of the solution, you are not dissolved in the solvent.

might crack the glass lining from the temp change and bring about a
early failure.

Its never a good idea to heat a empty tank!