shop-talk
[Top] [All Lists]

Re: [Shop-talk] [Bulk] Natural gas tank-based water heaters?

To: <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] [Bulk] Natural gas tank-based water heaters?
From: "Jack Brooks" <jibjib@att.net>
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 12:50:42 -0700
I like ones with big sacrificial anodes that are easy to change, so I
actually change them every few years.  

-----Original Message-----
From: shop-talk-bounces@autox.team.net
[mailto:shop-talk-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Jimmie Mayfield
Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 5:07 AM
To: shop-talk@autox.team.net
Subject: [Bulk] [Shop-talk] Natural gas tank-based water heaters?

Not really shop-related but...

My current water heater is approaching 20 years old so it's probably time to
preemptively replace it before it suffers a failure.  This one is a 40gal
Rheem
Fury and given its resilience, I might be naively tempted to buy another
Rheem and be done with it.  But the cynic in me says that a lot can change
in
20 years.

So what brand/models of tank-based gas water heaters should I avoid?

Do they still typically use pilot lights or do they use hot-surface or spark

ignition (meaning that I'll need to run a circuit to the water heater's
closet)?

Thanks!

JM
_______________________________________________

Shop-talk@autox.team.net
Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html
Suggested annual donation  $12.96
Archive: http://www.team.net/archive
Forums: http://www.team.net/forums
Unsubscribe/Manage:
http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/shop-talk/jibjib@att.net
_______________________________________________

Shop-talk@autox.team.net
Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html
Suggested annual donation  $12.96
Archive: http://www.team.net/archive
Forums: http://www.team.net/forums

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>