I like ones with big sacrificial anodes that are easy to change, so I
actually change them every few years.
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From: shop-talk-bounces at autox.team.net
[mailto:shop-talk-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Jimmie Mayfield
Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 5:07 AM
To: shop-talk at 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
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