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Hot water tank
- Chona
- Scurvy Dog
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Hot water tank
- Midnightsun
- CYO Supporter
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2007 41CMY
Volvo D6-370's - Location: Montreal, Canada
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Re: Hot water tank
- g36
- Admiral
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- Vessel Info: 1997 Carver 405
- Location: Soddy Daisy TN.
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Re: Hot water tank
Crusader xli
The Black Pearl
Soddy Daisy Tn.
- bud37
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Re: Hot water tank
Could be a bad anode as well if it has one or just old.
- Rocketman
- Deck Hand
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- Vessel Info: 2009 44 Sojourn w/ Volvo Diesel D6-500 engines and IPS drive system.
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Re: Hot water tank
Turn breaker off.
Completely flush till it is nothing but cold water.
Now for the time consuming part.
The formula is 1/4 cup of bleach for 15 gallons of water.
Fill holding tank with bleach and water till full. Then run thru all your hot water faucets until you smell the bleach.
Let sit for 4 hours.
Drain thru the hot water heater your holding tank, fill, drain (do this twice).
Now put 1 box of baking soda into your tank for every 30 gallons of water by mixing in a gallon jug and pouring in to neutralize the bleach. Top off your holding tank, let sit for 15 minutes. Then drain thru your hot water faucet.
Fill with fresh water and drain again.
Now fill and you are good to go.
I do this every year and keeps the boat water tanks like new.
I also drain my water tank when I leave the boat for any period of time. That keeps water from setting and going bad. Refill before I head out.
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Re: Hot water tank
Fresh water pumps are not designed for continuous duty, they have a duty cycle spec so run it for a while then stop for a while, and so on until it's done. Running it all at once to perform this task will shorten your pump's life.
And I recommend that you remove your faucet screens before you rinse the system.
- Chona
- Scurvy Dog
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