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1. [Shop-talk] Hot Water Heater 'Heat Trap' (score: 1)
Author: <bob@texmog.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 23:29:43 -0600
My daughter is having a problem with her Rudd electric water heater. The flow of hot water has slowed to a dribble at all the faucets. I went over and checked things out and the first problem was the
/html/shop-talk/2010-12/msg00053.html (7,816 bytes)

2. Re: [Shop-talk] Hot Water Heater 'Heat Trap' (score: 1)
Author: "Randall" <TR3driver@ca.rr.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 21:53:11 -0800
"Heat traps" can be check valves, but normally they are just pipe. The idea is just that you form a U-bend (kind of like a sewer trap), to help interrupt circulation within the pipes due to convecti
/html/shop-talk/2010-12/msg00054.html (7,424 bytes)

3. Re: [Shop-talk] Hot Water Heater 'Heat Trap' (score: 1)
Author: Wayne <wmc_st@xxiii.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 08:36:40 -0500
That sucks. Had thew same at TWO different rental apts I was in as a kid. Had a bitch of a time convincing the landlord it was really a problem. You got about 60 seconds of hot shower and ice cold at
/html/shop-talk/2010-12/msg00055.html (9,232 bytes)

4. Re: [Shop-talk] Hot Water Heater 'Heat Trap' (score: 1)
Author: Benjamin Zwissler <bjzwissler@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 10:58:24 -0500
A friend had this problem and the issue was the dip tube disintegrated and releasd small plastic particles that plugged the aerators at all the faucets. Remove an aerater to see if that's the problem
/html/shop-talk/2010-12/msg00056.html (10,358 bytes)

5. Re: [Shop-talk] Hot Water Heater 'Heat Trap' (score: 1)
Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 11:35:48 -0500
lots (though They also claim that aluminum causes alzheimers disease. That makes them suspect about anything, in my book. -- David Scheidt dmscheidt@gmail.com ________________________________________
/html/shop-talk/2010-12/msg00057.html (8,517 bytes)

6. Re: [Shop-talk] Hot Water Heater 'Heat Trap' (score: 1)
Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 11:36:20 -0500
the tubes were made over 15 years ago. I doubt many of those water heaters are still in service, even if they didn't suffer dip tube failure. Dip tubes do fail, even when not made of disintegrating p
/html/shop-talk/2010-12/msg00058.html (8,878 bytes)

7. Re: [Shop-talk] Hot Water Heater 'Heat Trap' (score: 1)
Author: "John T. Blair" <jblair1948@cox.net>
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 11:58:35 -0500
Bob, Sounds like the problem I had last January. The problem started with the hot water running out very quickly, which was unusual. Normally we could take 4 showers in 2 bathrooms and not run out of
/html/shop-talk/2010-12/msg00059.html (10,932 bytes)

8. Re: [Shop-talk] Hot Water Heater 'Heat Trap' (score: 1)
Author: "Randall" <TR3driver@ca.rr.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 09:06:24 -0800
Er, no, they didn't say that. What they said is that it has been linked to Alzheimer's, which is true. A majority of Alzheimer's patients show unusually high amounts of aluminum in their (damaged) b
/html/shop-talk/2010-12/msg00060.html (8,564 bytes)

9. Re: [Shop-talk] Hot Water Heater 'Heat Trap' (score: 1)
Author: old dirtbeard <dirtbeard@pacbell.net>
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 09:48:25 -0800 (PST)
I agree 100 percent with Randall here. That much said, I have an aluminum rod in my water heater (some are magnesium) that I replaced a year ago (the original one was nothing but a wire after five ye
/html/shop-talk/2010-12/msg00061.html (10,196 bytes)

10. Re: [Shop-talk] Hot Water Heater 'Heat Trap' (score: 1)
Author: pethier@comcast.net
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 18:26:41 +0000 (UTC)
-- Original Message -- I thought they were zinc. Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA 1973 Triumph Stag LE22439UB "uncle jack" 2004 Suburban 8.1 2005 Lotus Elise 2007 Saturn Ion 3 2.4 pethi
/html/shop-talk/2010-12/msg00062.html (8,384 bytes)

11. Re: [Shop-talk] Hot Water Heater 'Heat Trap' (score: 1)
Author: Todd Walke <racertod@racertodd.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 17:32:35 -0800
Here is a page on the Alzheimer's Society webpage about the connection (or lack thereof) between the disease and aluminum: <http://alzheimers.org.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?documentID=99> Tod
/html/shop-talk/2010-12/msg00063.html (8,866 bytes)

12. Re: [Shop-talk] Hot Water Heater 'Heat Trap' (score: 1)
Author: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 22:36:23 -0500
to far There's good evidence it's not causative. (There are a number of diseases that cause the body to retain aluminum. sufferers of these diseases don't have different rates of AZ than normal, for
/html/shop-talk/2010-12/msg00064.html (9,492 bytes)

13. Re: [Shop-talk] Hot Water Heater 'Heat Trap' (score: 1)
Author: old dirtbeard <dirtbeard@pacbell.net>
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 20:11:38 -0800 (PST)
Dear Phil, Most of the rods are aluminum or magnesium. Some are aluminum/zinc/tin combinations if water orders are a problem: http://www.plumbingstore.com/sacrificial_rods.html best, doug ___________
/html/shop-talk/2010-12/msg00065.html (9,930 bytes)

14. Re: [Shop-talk] Hot Water Heater 'Heat Trap' (score: 1)
Author: "Jack Brooks" <jibjib@att.net>
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 21:51:49 -0800
My water heater was in the "bad" diptube batch years. The house is 17 years old and the original water heater is going strong. I've replaced the anode and the dip tube. A good hardware store will st
/html/shop-talk/2010-12/msg00066.html (8,912 bytes)

15. Re: [Shop-talk] Hot Water Heater 'Heat Trap' (score: 1)
Author: "Randall" <TR3driver@ca.rr.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 22:21:31 -0800
Yeah, about as dishonest as saying there is no difference between "has been linked to" and "causes". Yeah, except they thought it was only poison in high concentrations. That's why they kept making
/html/shop-talk/2010-12/msg00067.html (8,095 bytes)

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