This hot water heater sometimes overheats and sometimes wont kick on but I think the slime may be insulating the thermostat.
2007-12-29 16:20:34 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Found this in the reliance water heater company info bulletin. This is from there site. Have had same problem in past and have changed out anode rod. Your right on the thermostat, check out source and follow the instructions. From Master Plumber. Good luck.
If your hot water has a greenish or bluish color to it, if there is slime or greenish/bluish particles when you flush the heater, this is an indication you may have aluminum hydroxide forming in your water heater.
Aluminum hydroxide forms when the pH of the water is incompatible with the protective anode rod. There are two types of anode rods used in water heaters. The Aluminum rod is used in water with a pH less than 7.5 and the magnesium rod is used in water with a pH over 7.5.
The anode rod is normally locate on top of the water and is the "metal plug" in one of the openings. The aluminum rod has a smooth top and the magnesium rod has a bump in the middle (about the size of half a marble).
The incompatible reaction manifest itself by making a rumbling noise, bumping noise or other type sounds coming from the heater when the burner is on. There can even be greenish to bluish slime come out of the hot water supply. See tech. bulletin 14 for more information, including treatment: click here to view Technical Bulletin 14
2007-12-29 16:56:35 · answer #1 · answered by David B 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A couple things I can think of...
When copper tarnishes, it turns a green color, if you have any copper plumbing, it could be from that. This would be a minty green, like the Statue of Liberty. I don't know what would cause it to gel up, but anything could happen in there chemically speaking, if you are using typical city water, in other words, there's no telling what minerals and beasties are in your water, that when combined would make a green slime...
The other thing, if your water heater isn't working properly and the water is NOT at optimal temperature...is algae. If it were running as hot as they typically do, I would think the heat would kill any algae. I would also think algae would float on top, but if there is some sort of current pushing it down, or if there is an electrostatic charge on the water, or whatever, it would influence where the algae settles.
2007-12-30 00:44:10 · answer #2 · answered by musicimprovedme 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are right flush it out more often to keep the bottom clean these deposits can at times cause poping noises.
2007-12-30 03:52:54 · answer #3 · answered by johnboy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
have you seen any UFOs around your house????????
2007-12-30 00:35:25 · answer #4 · answered by bruce k 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋