Comment on Element in water heater died; less than two months old.

Death_Equity@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• HollandJim@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  But it’s a greenhouse gases contributor - electric is better. Check that anode commented below.

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  • seathru@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Anodes protect against corrosion. They don’t do anything for hard water scale.

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    • KnightontheSun@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Looks like some types can help with hard water too

      plumbingnav.com/…/anode-rod-by-water-type/

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      • seathru@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        The active electronic ones may. I’ll admit I don’t know a lot about those.

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  • MutilationWave@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Electric ain’t better if you have to replace it constantly. Think of the emissions to produce these parts.

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    • protist@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The emissions to produce a single heating element off a factory line are probably a lot smaller than keeping a jug of water in your house hot by burning natural gas off and on all day every day forever

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      • thejml@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        And that’s why you get an on demand unit. In either case, heating water in a jug over and over just so it might be hot hen you need it is not a great idea.

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      • MutilationWave@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        And so we come to the eventual argument. An electric water heater is going to keep a jug of water in your house got by running off and on all day forever. Where did that electricity come from?

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      • DempstersBox@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Cool, when those heating elements are shipped over here via bunker fuel. I’ll bet a boatload of those coming over is more emissions than running a NG burner for a decade

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  • 9point6@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Heat pump would be best

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    • jonne@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Probably still would get issues with hard water though. OP needs a softener.

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  • DempstersBox@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’ll quit using gas the day shipping vessels go back to being fucking wind powered

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    • Delta_V@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      npr.org/…/wind-power-cargo-ships-carbon-emissions

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      • Tilgare@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Thanks for sharing - this is wicked. It’s strange that it has taken so long, but it’s very cool that we’re possibly seeing a return to wind power, and this looks WILD to boot.

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• lazylion_ca@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Came with the house. Changing it out would not be fun.

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  • Death_Equity@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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    • yokonzo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Those are two different skill sets, just because you think swapping a heating element is hard doesn’t mean everyone else does

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      • DempstersBox@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I think you completely misunderstood their response.

        Swapping a heating element is easy.

        Running some pipe is also easy.

        Whether the OP has gas running to the house is a whole other question

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