Smitty Two wrote:

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Holy Crap. I wouldn't go to all that trouble if pussy was involved. When
the anode is shot, the water heater can't have much life left in it
anyway. I say, don't drain the heater, and leave the anode alone. Life's
too short to worry about milking an extra year or two out of a lowly
water heater.

It's *almost* as important. Money is involved.
Written out, the procedure looks troublesome.
I rarely need more than about 15 minutes to do water
heater PM, once a year. It's simple and quick once
you've done it.

When the anode is shot, the water heater can't have much life left in it
anyway.

The idea is to stay on top of maintenance so to extend the life
of the water heater.

I say, don't drain the heater,

Good, we can agree on something.

and leave the anode alone. Life's too short to worry about milking an
extra year or two out of a lowly water heater.

How about an extra decade or two? Is that worth 15 minutes a year?

--Winston

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"In an age of bodily repose, with nearly all locomotion artificial,
with money as the principal purveyor, it is not surprising that men are
careless about their physical powers, and think them hardly worth the
trouble which their full cultivation would entail."

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