So a couple weeks back I decided to drain my hot water heater. Ever since
then the hot water comes out with a yellow tint. Any idea why this would
happen?

I would drain it again. Let is settle after refilling. Fill slow. Probably suspended particles. Or try turning off the heat and let run full faucet for a couple hours.

On Sunday, March 26, 2017 at 1:20:31 AM UTC-7, Thomas wrote:
I would drain it again. Let is settle after refilling. Fill slow. Probably suspended particles. Or try turning off the heat and let run full faucet for a couple hours.

I used your last option. Flushing worked for me.

On Sunday, March 26, 2017 at 3:09:42 AM UTC-5, wg_2002 wrote:
So a couple weeks back I decided to drain my hot water heater. Ever since
then the hot water comes out with a yellow tint. Any idea why this would
happen?

Why would you heat hot water? Are you making steam? O_o

[8~{} Uncle Wet Monster

On Sunday, March 26, 2017 at 2:30:09 AM UTC-7, Uncle Monster wrote:
On Sunday, March 26, 2017 at 3:09:42 AM UTC-5, wg_2002 wrote:
So a couple weeks back I decided to drain my hot water heater. Ever since
then the hot water comes out with a yellow tint. Any idea why this would
happen?

Why would you heat hot water? Are you making steam? O_o

[8~{} Uncle Wet Monster

Try reading the story and understanding what he said.

On Sun, 26 Mar 2017 08:06:39 -0000 (UTC), wg_2002
wrote:

So a couple weeks back I decided to drain my hot water heater. Ever since
then the hot water comes out with a yellow tint. Any idea why this would
happen?

URINE

On Sun, 26 Mar 2017 08:06:39 -0000 (UTC)
wg_2002 wrote:

So a couple weeks back I decided to drain my hot water heater. Ever
since then the hot water comes out with a yellow tint. Any idea why
this would happen?

Get an American made heater not one from China!

On Sun, 26 Mar 2017 01:20:27 -0700, Thomas wrote:

I would drain it again. Let is settle after refilling. Fill slow.
Probably suspended particles. Or try turning off the heat and let run
full faucet for a couple hours.

OK. Thanks for the info. I will try your suggestions and see if they
help. If they don't it might be time for a new hot water heater...:/

On 3/26/2017 5:30 AM, Uncle Monster wrote:
On Sunday, March 26, 2017 at 3:09:42 AM UTC-5, wg_2002 wrote:
So a couple weeks back I decided to drain my hot water heater. Ever since
then the hot water comes out with a yellow tint. Any idea why this would
happen?

Why would you heat hot water? Are you making steam? O_o

[8~{} Uncle Wet Monster

To make it hotter

On Sunday, March 26, 2017 at 4:09:42 AM UTC-4, wg_2002 wrote:
So a couple weeks back I decided to drain my hot water heater. Ever since
then the hot water comes out with a yellow tint. Any idea why this would
happen?

Are you sure it is not gold?

On Sun, 26 Mar 2017 14:02:02 -0000 (UTC), wg_2002
wrote:

On Sun, 26 Mar 2017 01:20:27 -0700, Thomas wrote:

I would drain it again. Let is settle after refilling. Fill slow.
Probably suspended particles. Or try turning off the heat and let run
full faucet for a couple hours.

OK. Thanks for the info. I will try your suggestions and see if they
help. If they don't it might be time for a new hot water heater...:/
Sometimes a dose of Vinegar or Rost-off (or CLR - domestic rust stain
remover) will do the job by removing whatever rust stains are left on
the heater walls.

Sun, 26
Mar 2017 09:47:29 GMT in alt.home.repair, wrote:

On Sunday, March 26, 2017 at 2:30:09 AM UTC-7, Uncle Monster
wrote:
On Sunday, March 26, 2017 at 3:09:42 AM UTC-5, wg_2002 wrote:
So a couple weeks back I decided to drain my hot water heater.
Ever since then the hot water comes out with a yellow tint.
Any idea why this would happen?

Why would you heat hot water? Are you making steam? O_o

[8~{} Uncle Wet Monster

Try reading the story and understanding what he said.


Okay. The thing is though, if it's a 'hot water heater', it's a boiler.
If it's a 'water heater' which is what the OP actually has, it's not.
There is a difference between the two. So, perhaps you should consider
trying to understand the difference before suggesting someone else, who
obviously does understand the difference, does so? Just a suggestion...



--
Sarcasm, because beating the living **** out of deserving people is
illegal.

On Sun, 26 Mar 2017 14:02:02 -0000 (UTC), wg_2002
wrote:

On Sun, 26 Mar 2017 01:20:27 -0700, Thomas wrote:

I would drain it again. Let is settle after refilling. Fill slow.
Probably suspended particles. Or try turning off the heat and let run
full faucet for a couple hours.

OK. Thanks for the info. I will try your suggestions and see if they
help. If they don't it might be time for a new hot water heater...:/

The water color can be rust. I don't drain my water heater or open
the PRV on it. My house here was vacant for six months during a
remodel. Sure enough, filling the new tub had rusted water. My pipes
are PEX. The heater was on the edge and went bad. New one fixed to
color water problem. YMMV.

On 3/27/2017 2:24 AM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
On Sun 26 Mar 2017 07:07:17p, Diesel told us...


Sun, 26
Mar 2017 09:47:29 GMT in alt.home.repair, wrote:

On Sunday, March 26, 2017 at 2:30:09 AM UTC-7, Uncle Monster
wrote:
On Sunday, March 26, 2017 at 3:09:42 AM UTC-5, wg_2002 wrote:
So a couple weeks back I decided to drain my hot water heater.
Ever since then the hot water comes out with a yellow tint.
Any idea why this would happen?

Why would you heat hot water? Are you making steam? O_o

[8~{} Uncle Wet Monster

Try reading the story and understanding what he said.


Okay. The thing is though, if it's a 'hot water heater', it's a
boiler. If it's a 'water heater' which is what the OP actually
has, it's not. There is a difference between the two. So, perhaps
you should consider trying to understand the difference before
suggesting someone else, who obviously does understand the
difference, does so? Just a suggestion...

"Hot water heater" is a colloquialism for "water heater". In most
places a "boiler" is rarely called a "hot water heater". In the 7
cities I've lived in, the two terms were used interchangably, while
"boiler" has always meant boiler. But.....whatever floats your boat.


It is a boiler even though the water is heated to less than boiling.

Then there is the furnace. Rule of thumb, furnaces heat air, boilers
heat water. Yet there are many people that call the main heating device
of a house a furnace, even if it is a boiler.

On Monday, March 27, 2017 at 1:24:50 AM UTC-5, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
On Sun 26 Mar 2017 07:07:17p, Diesel told us...


Sun, 26
Mar 2017 09:47:29 GMT in alt.home.repair, wrote:

On Sunday, March 26, 2017 at 2:30:09 AM UTC-7, Uncle Monster
wrote:
On Sunday, March 26, 2017 at 3:09:42 AM UTC-5, wg_2002 wrote:
So a couple weeks back I decided to drain my hot water heater.
Ever since then the hot water comes out with a yellow tint.
Any idea why this would happen?

Why would you heat hot water? Are you making steam? O_o

[8~{} Uncle Wet Monster

Try reading the story and understanding what he said.


Okay. The thing is though, if it's a 'hot water heater', it's a
boiler. If it's a 'water heater' which is what the OP actually
has, it's not. There is a difference between the two. So, perhaps
you should consider trying to understand the difference before
suggesting someone else, who obviously does understand the
difference, does so? Just a suggestion...

"Hot water heater" is a colloquialism for "water heater". In most
places a "boiler" is rarely called a "hot water heater". In the 7
cities I've lived in, the two terms were used interchangably, while
"boiler" has always meant boiler. But.....whatever floats your boat.
--


Some people are afflicted with HISSY,"Humor Irony Sarcasm impairment SYndrome".
Often, a person with the mental disorder will have a HISSY fit when they don't comprehend the humor connected with a situation. ヽ(ヅ)ノ

[8~{} Uncle Hissing Monster

On Monday, March 27, 2017 at 5:58:53 AM UTC-4, Ed Pawlowski wrote:


It is a boiler even though the water is heated to less than boiling.


So it's a boiler even though it doesn't boil anything?

Then I claim it's a hot water heater even though it doesn't heat hot water.

On Monday, March 27, 2017 at 11:20:54 AM UTC-4, TimR wrote:

Then I claim it's a hot water heater even though it doesn't heat hot water.

Sounds good. The water in my water heater is always hot. It is a hot water heater.
There was however one day........

On Mon, 27 Mar 2017 08:20:47 -0700 (PDT), TimR
wrote:

On Monday, March 27, 2017 at 5:58:53 AM UTC-4, Ed Pawlowski wrote:


It is a boiler even though the water is heated to less than boiling.


So it's a boiler even though it doesn't boil anything?

Then I claim it's a hot water heater even though it doesn't heat hot water.
Well, it wouldn't be any good if it waited for the water in the tank
to get cold before it re-heated it - so yes - it IS a "hot" water
heater. It makes cold water hot, then reheats hot water making it
hotter - so all yo :literalists" can quit kvetching now!!

On Sun, 26 Mar 2017 19:29:46 -0700, Oren wrote:

On Sun, 26 Mar 2017 14:02:02 -0000 (UTC), wg_2002
wrote:

On Sun, 26 Mar 2017 01:20:27 -0700, Thomas wrote:

I would drain it again. Let is settle after refilling. Fill slow.
Probably suspended particles. Or try turning off the heat and let run
full faucet for a couple hours.

OK. Thanks for the info. I will try your suggestions and see if they
help. If they don't it might be time for a new hot water heater...:/

The water color can be rust. I don't drain my water heater or open the
PRV on it. My house here was vacant for six months during a remodel.
Sure enough, filling the new tub had rusted water. My pipes are PEX.
The heater was on the edge and went bad. New one fixed to color water
problem. YMMV.

I don't think it's rust. Rust in the water has a more orange color to it
which I'm familiar with but this is distinctively yellow in color.
I hope it is not the hot water heater going bad. It's a bad time of year
for me to install a new one...
Anyway, I haven't had a chance to try any of Thomas' suggestions yet but I
hope to tonight.

What color from all? Yellow yellow needs testing. Now. Shut it down.

Wayne Boatwright
9.45 Mon, 27 Mar
2017 06:24:46 GMT in alt.home.repair, wrote:

On Sun 26 Mar 2017 07:07:17p, Diesel told us...


Sun,
26 Mar 2017 09:47:29 GMT in alt.home.repair, wrote:

On Sunday, March 26, 2017 at 2:30:09 AM UTC-7, Uncle Monster
wrote:
On Sunday, March 26, 2017 at 3:09:42 AM UTC-5, wg_2002 wrote:
So a couple weeks back I decided to drain my hot water
heater. Ever since then the hot water comes out with a yellow
tint. Any idea why this would happen?

Why would you heat hot water? Are you making steam? O_o

[8~{} Uncle Wet Monster

Try reading the story and understanding what he said.


Okay. The thing is though, if it's a 'hot water heater', it's a
boiler. If it's a 'water heater' which is what the OP actually
has, it's not. There is a difference between the two. So, perhaps
you should consider trying to understand the difference before
suggesting someone else, who obviously does understand the
difference, does so? Just a suggestion...

"Hot water heater" is a colloquialism for "water heater".

No, it isn't. It's improper terminology. Much like everything being
a 'virus' on a computer, even when it's not. Viruses replicate,
trojans (which is what most malware is these days) do not. Improper
terminology.

In the 7 cities I've lived in, the two terms were used
interchangably,

Like I said, improper terminology and lack of interest in using the
correct terminology. We have specific words with specific meanings
for a reason.

https://www.reference.com/home-garde...a31eb1f1bba60d

Compared to water heaters, boilers, or hydronic heat systems,
require complex pumps and controls. This is because boilers not only
heat but also boil water, changing it into steam. While a water
heater is effective for only small spaces, a boiler can heat an
entire complex, pool or tub.

Because boilers operate in a closed-loop system, they are highly
efficient compared to water heaters. A closed-loop system means that
after the extraction of heat from steam, the steam changes into
water and goes back to the boiler through the pipes where boiling
takes place once again.

Another difference between these two is that water boilers can run
on natural gas, heating oil, electricity or propane, while water
heaters can run on solar, electricity or gas. Water boilers can also
run on alternative fuels, such as wood pellets.

https://www.reference.com/home-garde...42e6fe1a905c09

A conventional water heater is essentially a storage tank containing
heating elements. It generates heat by using electricity or gas
power, warming water to 125 degrees and maintaining the temperature
through a thermostat. When the water us needed in a shower,
dishwasher or other appliance, it is siphoned from the top of the
tank and piped to its destination. At the same time, new, cold water
is added to the bottom of the tank, where it is heated for future
use.

Boilers convert water to steam, which is used for a variety of
purposes, including heating air within a forced air heating system,
heating water for household uses or even steam-cleaning carpets and
furniture. Considered safe, boilers are also relatively inexpensive
to use, thanks to their closed loop system. They are capable of
operating on green power, such as burning corn pellets or firewood.
In fact, those who finance their purchase of boilers say the savings
in energy costs offsets interest paid.


--
Sarcasm, because beating the living **** out of deserving people is
illegal.

On Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at 6:00:01 AM UTC-4, Diesel wrote:
Boilers convert water to steam, which is used for a variety of
purposes, including heating air within a forced air heating system,
heating water for household uses or even steam-cleaning carpets and


No, they don't. The majority of "boilers" merely heat hot water. Steam boilers are a smaller percentage of the total.

I don't like that terminology, I think the term should be reserved for something that makes steam, but for whatever reason that is how it is used.

Then there is the Apollo type system, where an open loop boiler/ho****er heater does both hydronic heating and domestic hot water heating.

TimR
Tue, 28
Mar 2017 12:26:41 GMT in alt.home.repair, wrote:

On Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at 6:00:01 AM UTC-4, Diesel wrote:
Boilers convert water to steam, which is used for a variety of
purposes, including heating air within a forced air heating
system, heating water for household uses or even steam-cleaning
carpets and


No, they don't. The majority of "boilers" merely heat hot water.

That's ONLY because they have an upper heat limiter installed on them
and/or by design won't reach steam level temps, otherwise, they'd be
making steam. They're used for 'hot water' only because they're much
more efficient at doing it, and much quicker. Many commercial
restaurants for example use a tankless water 'boiler' to provide hot
water to the devices in the store.

Aside from that, the term 'hot water heater' is still a bit of an
oxymoron if you're using it to describe the device in your house that
makes water hot for you. The incoming water isn't hot, obviously. Only
the outgoing water is. So, it can't very well be adding more heat to
something that's already 'hot' -- None of this takes into account homes
built with geothermal technologies. That's another ball of wax.





--
Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. There are too
many people who think that the only thing that's right is to get by,
and the only thing that's wrong is to get caught. - J.C. Watts

On Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at 9:36:16 PM UTC-4, Diesel wrote:
TimR
Tue, 28
Mar 2017 12:26:41 GMT in alt.home.repair, wrote:

On Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at 6:00:01 AM UTC-4, Diesel wrote:
Boilers convert water to steam, which is used for a variety of
purposes, including heating air within a forced air heating
system, heating water for household uses or even steam-cleaning
carpets and


No, they don't. The majority of "boilers" merely heat hot water.

That's ONLY because they have an upper heat limiter installed on them
and/or by design won't reach steam level temps, otherwise, they'd be
making steam.

No, that's garbage. I've been inside a steam boiler (got to retube those periodically, you know. Well, probably you don't know.) It's not just a temperature limit switch, it's a different design.

Every hear of a high water safety? Didn't think so.

TimR
Thu, 30
Mar 2017 12:07:38 GMT in alt.home.repair, wrote:

Every hear of a high water safety? Didn't think so.

Yes, I have, actually. You shouldn't assume things about people you
don't know. A water heater in your house, short of geothermal is not a
'hot water heater' the water going into it isn't hot!



--
Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. There are too
many people who think that the only thing that's right is to get by,
and the only thing that's wrong is to get caught. - J.C. Watts

TimR
Thu, 30
Mar 2017 12:07:38 GMT in alt.home.repair, wrote:

Every hear of a high water safety? Didn't think so.

Yes, I have, actually. You shouldn't assume things about people you
don't know. I also know that the WATER HEATER in my house is NOT A
HOT WATER HEATER, the incoming water isn't already hot! It's a water
heater, it heats the water (in my case 165degrees) and maintains that
temperature.

When something in the house uses some, fresh, cold/mebbe luke warm
depending on time of year goes into it to replace what I took out,
and, it resumes heating that water to the desired temperature, if I
actually took enough to make a difference to it. And that's all it
does.

But hey, at the end of the day, if the OP wants to give someone a
good laugh, feel free to continue calling it a 'hot water heater'.
Plumbers, electricians, parts person where you bought it or are
looking to buy one will enjoy the home owners wannabe expertise on
the subject. If they're professional, they'll just nod their head and
that customer will be the subject of conversation in route to the
next service call.

If they aren't as professional, they might ask the customer if
they're looking to purchase a boiler, rather than a water
heater...Yes, the person knows what the customer is actually looking
for, but the customer is using the wrong terminology if he's calling
that water heater in his house a 'hot water heater'. If the water is
already hot, you don't need it further heated, do you? Bit redundant,
wouldn't you say? Unless, we're discussing boilers.

Proper terminology is important. People who don't know any better
call everything that's rogue software a 'virus'; the majority of the
time, especially these days, there's no actual virus on the machine,
but a trojan instead. They aren't the same thing, not even close.
Viruses and worms intentionally replicate their own code. Trojans do
not. What people call malware these days can usually be removed by
deleting the associated executables and modded registry keys.
Viruses, heh, you don't just delete an executable or two and
reconfigure some keys to get rid of it. It doesn't work that way.




--
Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. There are
too many people who think that the only thing that's right is to get
by, and the only thing that's wrong is to get caught. - J.C. Watts

On Fri 31 Mar 2017 02:26:50a, Diesel told us...

TimR
Thu, 30
Mar 2017 12:07:38 GMT in alt.home.repair, wrote:

Every hear of a high water safety? Didn't think so.

Yes, I have, actually. You shouldn't assume things about people
you don't know. A water heater in your house, short of geothermal
is not a 'hot water heater' the water going into it isn't hot!




SEMANTICS, SEMANTICS, SEMANTICS!!! Good God Almighty, don't you ever
stop? Don't you realize that nobody care but you?

plonk

Wayne Boatwright
9.44 Fri, 31 Mar
2017 16:49:13 GMT in alt.home.repair, wrote:

On Fri 31 Mar 2017 02:26:50a, Diesel told us...

TimR
Thu,
30 Mar 2017 12:07:38 GMT in alt.home.repair, wrote:

Every hear of a high water safety? Didn't think so.

Yes, I have, actually. You shouldn't assume things about people
you don't know. A water heater in your house, short of geothermal
is not a 'hot water heater' the water going into it isn't hot!




SEMANTICS, SEMANTICS, SEMANTICS!!! Good God Almighty, don't you

Not semantics, proper terminology should be used when describing
things. It's likely because I'm a very technically orientated person
and have heard 'my computer has a virus' when it doesn't, one too
many times. Trojan and virus aren't semantics. One is NOT like the
other and the methods used to 'cure' from either differ,
significantly. You can delete a trojan with relative ease, a virus
oth, not so much, no. In other words, you don't cure the flu with
antibiotics. That's one reason why proper terminology is so
important.

ever stop? Don't you realize that nobody care but you?

I doubt i'm the only one who cares about using proper terminology
when describing something or asking questions about it. It helps to
know WTF you're writing/talking about for several reasons. Granted,
some people don't care if they come across as a ****ing idiot. The
general population is full of them, anyhow. Some of us though, we do
care and like to be sure we're using the right terminology to
describe the issue we're having.

Oh, and incidently, the plonking has more effect when you just do it
and don't announce you've done so. Childish, immature, but, alas,
your entire reply was. So, it's fitting for you.






--
Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. There are
too many people who think that the only thing that's right is to get
by, and the only thing that's wrong is to get caught. - J.C. Watts

On Friday, March 31, 2017 at 12:45:02 PM UTC-5, Diesel wrote:
Wayne Boatwright
9.44 Fri, 31 Mar
2017 16:49:13 GMT in alt.home.repair, wrote:

On Fri 31 Mar 2017 02:26:50a, Diesel told us...

TimR
Thu,
30 Mar 2017 12:07:38 GMT in alt.home.repair, wrote:

Every hear of a high water safety? Didn't think so.

Yes, I have, actually. You shouldn't assume things about people
you don't know. A water heater in your house, short of geothermal
is not a 'hot water heater' the water going into it isn't hot!

SEMANTICS, SEMANTICS, SEMANTICS!!! Good God Almighty, don't you

Not semantics, proper terminology should be used when describing
things. It's likely because I'm a very technically orientated person
and have heard 'my computer has a virus' when it doesn't, one too
many times. Trojan and virus aren't semantics. One is NOT like the
other and the methods used to 'cure' from either differ,
significantly. You can delete a trojan with relative ease, a virus
oth, not so much, no. In other words, you don't cure the flu with
antibiotics. That's one reason why proper terminology is so
important.

ever stop? Don't you realize that nobody care but you?

I doubt i'm the only one who cares about using proper terminology
when describing something or asking questions about it. It helps to
know WTF you're writing/talking about for several reasons. Granted,
some people don't care if they come across as a ****ing idiot. The
general population is full of them, anyhow. Some of us though, we do
care and like to be sure we're using the right terminology to
describe the issue we're having.

Oh, and incidently, the plonking has more effect when you just do it
and don't announce you've done so. Childish, immature, but, alas,
your entire reply was. So, it's fitting for you.
--


Back home, I have a cold water heater. It works real goodly. ヽ(ヅ)ノ

[8~{} Uncle Water Monster

Uncle Monster
Sun, 02
Apr 2017 18:42:48 GMT in alt.home.repair, wrote:

Back home, I have a cold water heater. It works real goodly.

ROFL!

--
Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. There are too
many people who think that the only thing that's right is to get by,
and the only thing that's wrong is to get caught. - J.C. Watts

I never run the shower until it's cold.

Therefore I never drain the hot water tank. Therefore it is never really cold.

So what happens is the hot water temperature dips, the thermostat cycles, and it heats the tank back up.

Hot water tanks are usually set between 104 F and 124 F, let's say an average of 114. Water supply in my area dips as low as 45 F in winter, may be as high as 80 in summer.

I would agree that 45 F water is cold and if you drained the tank completely you would be heating cold water. But that doesn't happen; you are always heating a mixture and most of it is hot.