Hot water heater question

[saddlebum]

Your tank is ruined buy a new one

 

[okietool]

Your tank is ruined buy a new one

That's plan B.

 

[John6185]

So if you're on natural gas, go out and buy one that ONG will give a rebate. Check ONG.com for details.

 

[okietool]

So if you're on natural gas, go out and buy one that ONG will give a rebate. Check ONG.com for details.

That's a good tip, thanks.

 

[SoonerP226]

You can also drain and flush that sediment out once a year, and replace the sacrificial rod every five. Might get twenty years out of it.

If the previous owners had tried that, maybe, but there was a yuuuuuge mass of calcium in that tank by the time my folks bought the place. There was no saving it by the time they bought the place.

 

[SoonerP226]

So if you're on natural gas, go out and buy one that ONG will give a rebate. Check ONG.com for details.

I don't know about a straight up replacement of a gas water heater, but they were doing pretty big rebates on replacing an electric water heater with a gas unit, something like $700.

ETA: it's a $850 rebate on converting. Looks like $250 is the highest they'll go on a new water heater. https://www.oklahomanaturalgas.com/rebate-programs/homeowners

 

[TwoForFlinching]

If the previous owners had tried that, maybe, but there was a yuuuuuge mass of calcium in that tank by the time my folks bought the place. There was no saving it by the time they bought the place.

lol, no doubt. I meant that's what you should aim for in caring for the new model.

 

[okietool]

Yep. Shop vacing the water out of the pan and I saw dripping from the tank.

Looks like a new water heater will be the fix.