"Existential Angst" wrote in message
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"Don Foreman" wrote in message
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On Mon, 09 May 2011 17:00:04 GMT, (Pinstripe
Sniper) wrote:

All this talk about water heating (and the stainless tanks) prompts me
to ask about current residential water heaters.

I have an older water heater (+10 years!) and I think one reason it
has lasted this long is that it doesn't work that hard - several years
ago I set it so just the pilot flame is on.

It may have lasted so long simply because it was well made. My
previous gas water heater lasted 24 years. I just replaced it a month
or so ago. I don't expect the new one to last half that long.

Holy ****.... who made it? They could use you for an advertisement or
sumpn....
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EA

My current gas water heater (Sears) is about the same age. It still has the
asbestos-paper sleeves I made to cover the fiberglass batting I wound around
the outlet pipe, so you know it's old.

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Ed Huntress