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cool story bro about water heater

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wirednuts

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renting house, water heater sat weeks without use while still on, overflow water gets into burn chamber and floods out unit. i completely removed the whole thing, layed it on it side while i poured a new cement pad for it to sit on so it wasnt sitting in water anymore.

this morning i placed the unit on the still wet concrete (its dry enough to hold the weight!) and re-soldered the copper pipes. hot side pipe didnt take the bait (got it too hot and burned away the flux), so i had to go to the hardware store again (as always). $2 more in couplings and this time i globbed a ton of flux in there. open the water valve, fired up the burner WHOOSH we got hot water.

i havent taken a shower in 5 days... oh god this is gonna be sweet
 
that is cool. but its a paradox. if you're man enough to do that then you could take cold showers 🙂
 
sorry guys i am the owner of this house. im renting it out, theyre moving in very soon. didnt mean to confuse

feralkid said:
Why did the overflow flood the unit?
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well ok this is the best i know. this is a sealed burner unit, as are all new water heaters. this one has the bottom all covered like a pan, and it can hold about 1" of water. i assume this is where the air intake is as well. its probably a safety design so that the burner wont fire if there is flooding present.

i didnt have the overflow drain on the top of the unit piped. and the way this unit is designed, water ran out that drain and down the side of the unit, which then drew right into the vent holes on the side, slowly filling the bottom with water.

water was probably coming out the top overflow drain because the water heater sat for weeks without any use, on its normal heat setting. i have since been turning it down to "vacation" when i leave for the week.

so thats what i figure anyway. still, i had to rip it all out, leave it on its side to dry and pour a new concrete base because thats the way i am once i have to do something twice. the second time i go totally overkill.
 
If you have a hot tub that is fed by this water heater make sure you replace the flux capacitor. If it got wet it could be very dangerous.
 
so i was gone for the week and i come back to a still functioning water heater! good work me. from now on im using the vacation setting when i leave.
 
i tried guys. i took a cold shower the other week when all this went down and all i could do was wash the important areas and get the hell out of there. i have one of those detachable shower wands so i just put it on girl lovin jet mode and blasted where i really needed it, and honestly the hardest parts were my armpits- holy god was that cold.

our ground temp here is 52F year round but the water in the tank should have been at least room temp. i cant remember exactly but i think i ran the 'hot' water upstairs for a bit to wash my hands and probably drained out all the warm water then. whatever the reason, it was the coldest shower i have and ever will take. f that shit.
 
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