Water heater question....

steveinaz
steveinaz Posts: 19,538
edited July 2014 in The Clubhouse
My bunkhouse has an electric water heater, I think about a 20 gallon or so. If I use this heater rarely, should I leave it empty---and then refill and turn on when visitors will be in the bunkhouse? Currently I leave it full, but turned off, and the water of course gets to smelling bad.
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  • westmassguy
    westmassguy Posts: 6,850
    edited July 2014
    Not a bad Idea to drain it. The anode rod is being eaten away needlessly.
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited July 2014
    If you can afford it you'd probably be served better by an "on demand" electrical heating unit with a dedicated circuit for it. Heats water as needed, no real tank--I believe. They were ubiquitous in China when I was there.

    Sure the electrical costs are high. But only when used so if you use it sparingly, that shouldn't be a problem.

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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited July 2014
    It only gets used about 1 week a year, so no big deal.
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  • villian
    villian Posts: 412
    edited July 2014
    Definitely drain it, or else you risk getting Legionella. Not to mention that water that stagnant for that long is absolutely disgusting, there's so many bad things about it that it's not even worth making a list.

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  • quicksilvergts
    quicksilvergts Posts: 274
    edited July 2014
    I concur with Cnh,
    I am a maintenance tech for for a property investment/management company and deal with things like this on a daily basis(would rather do something else lol
    But just drain. Flush tank for about 5-10 minutes.
    I work on people's water heater's a lot especially snowbirds.
    And have to flush 3/5 heaters as well as need to change the elements
    Due to them getting so bad that it is almost impossible to pull them out when changing them.
    Hope this helps.
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited July 2014
    Cool, appreciate the help fellers. I'll drain that pup.
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