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Eheran@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• Skullgrid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  The fat and salt residue

  on what? the fuck are we looking at?

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  • Doodleschmit@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    That’s a handprint on one of the many parts of a jet engine that get hot. Extremely hot

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  • _bcron_@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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    • idiomaddict@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Holy fuck that seems like a tedious, difficult, messy job. I’ve also never heard of it, and I feel like the homeowners I know would have bitched about it to me before if they had to do it. I looked it up, and there’s all sorts of scenarios in which they might not have to do that (anode rods and tankless water heaters both seem pretty cool and there are services for it), but I might just send out a couple of texts. Water heaters are nothing to fuck with.

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      • _bcron_@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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      • PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        It’s tedious, but it’s mostly just a matter of waiting for the water to heat back up afterwards.

        Unplug the heater, then run the bathtub until you’re out of hot water. Turn off the bathtub, and turn off the water supply going into the heater. Attach a garden hose to the bottom of the heater, and run it to a drain somewhere. Turn the hot water on somewhere like a sink, to provide a vent to the system; It won’t run because the supply is turned off, but it’ll at least allow air into the system for when you drain the heater. Use the spigot at the bottom of the heater to drain it.

        Be prepared for a gross rush of water at first, because all of the sediment and rust will have settled to the bottom of the heater where the spigot is. Once it’s drained, you can do whatever maintenance you need. For instance, you probably need to replace the cathode rod, which is designed to wear away over time to protect the rest of the heater from corrosion.

        To do a final flush, you can open the water inlet at the top of the tank. It’ll help drain any last remaining sediment out of the tank. Then turn off the water inlet, turn off the spigot, disconnect the hose, and leave the sink tap open while you refill the tank with fresh water.

        The whole process only takes like 30 minutes, and then you’re just waiting for the heater to come back up to temperature afterwards.

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    • fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Incandescent light bulbs. LEDs in standard bulbs typically don’t get hot enough, especially since the casings are plastic instead of glass.

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      • ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        And especially halogen bulbs without an outer shell, such as ones used in older cars

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  • passiveaggressivesonar@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Jet engine burner can

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    • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Nope. That’s inside the engine core. This is just an aerodynamic tail cone for the engine that serves to streamline exhaust airflow and maintain cross sectional area for the exhaust.

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      • Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Nerd.
        But yes, correct.

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• Jarix@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Clean any shiny metal decorative things that get very hot before. Such as stoves and and fireplaces if you want to avoid burning in such things

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