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Slow Recovery Water Heater / variable pilot?
"Don Foreman" wrote in message
... 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.... -- EA |
Slow Recovery Water Heater / variable pilot?
"Ed Huntress" wrote in message
... "Existential Angst" wrote in message ... "Don Foreman" wrote in message ... 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.... -- 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. Heh, my 5 year water heater is a sears/kenmore, on its 15th year... Mebbe we can get ourselves a new career.... -- EA -- Ed Huntress |
Slow Recovery Water Heater / variable pilot?
"Existential Angst" wrote in message ... "Ed Huntress" wrote in message ... "Existential Angst" wrote in message ... "Don Foreman" wrote in message ... 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.... -- 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. Heh, my 5 year water heater is a sears/kenmore, on its 15th year... Mebbe we can get ourselves a new career.... -- EA -- Ed Huntress Two of the three heaters in my building were here when I bought it 23 years ago. They are seven year units and were well out of warranty when I moved in. Paul K. Dickman |
Slow Recovery Water Heater / variable pilot?
On Wed, 11 May 2011 19:00:01 -0400, "Existential Angst"
wrote: "Don Foreman" wrote in message .. . 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.... Id comment on mine...its older by a number of years...but if I get too specific..it will blow up or die in a week. Gunner Whenever a Liberal utters the term "Common Sense approach"....grab your wallet, your ass, and your guns because the sombitch is about to do something damned nasty to all three of them. |
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