The sacrificial anode is there to protect the steel tank. It lasts a long time.
This is a hard water problem as everyone else is saying, and a water softener would solve the issue.
*Edit: check the very bottom of your tank since you have the elements out. It most likely has a pile of calcium and other minerals sitting on the bottom.
In NA, steel is standard. I’ve never seen a copper hotwater tank in Canada. I think that used to be somewhat common in Europe, but copper is freakin’ expensive now so that’s gone by the wayside, as well.
Have you checked your sacrificial anode? If it’s gone, this will keep happening.
Anodes protect against corrosion. They don’t do anything for hard water scale.
I have never heard of this before. Thanks for mentioning it.
The sacrificial anode is there to protect the steel tank. It lasts a long time. This is a hard water problem as everyone else is saying, and a water softener would solve the issue.
*Edit: check the very bottom of your tank since you have the elements out. It most likely has a pile of calcium and other minerals sitting on the bottom.
-a plumber
Steel tank, not copper?
Steel tanks, that’s why the sacrificial anode is there so the water eats it away instead of the tank.
In NA, steel is standard. I’ve never seen a copper hotwater tank in Canada. I think that used to be somewhat common in Europe, but copper is freakin’ expensive now so that’s gone by the wayside, as well.
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Anodes for the anode gods!
Rust for the Rust King!
Was hoping someone remembered what that thing was called
that is a high fantasy wizard ass sounding name for a plumbing part
“Sire, the Sacrificial Anode…has failed.”
“SOUND THE ALARMS!”