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Subject: Re: boiling hot water - (nf)
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Date: Tue, 16-Aug-83 05:43:48 EDT
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inmet!wisen    Aug 15 11:21:00 1983

   Water from the water heater tends to have rust and other impurities.
While waiting for you to take a shower, the water in the heater bides its
time by corroding the tank it is held in.    Speaking of which, it is an
efficient idea to flush rust particles from your heater every few months
by opening the heater's bottom outlet valve [plumbers probably know the
correct term for this faucet-like protuberance] and allowing the water to
stream out, taking rust particles with it.  Without giving your heater 
this occasional enema, the layer of rust particles may build up enuf
to act as an insulator between your burner flame and the water.
--------------Bruce Wisentaner