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LowGear:
Hmmmmmmm. My experience has been the opposite so I went out to eBay hardware and they are about 50-50. I haven't seen a threaded screw-in element in years and years. This is the Pacific Northwest and Hawaii. Most leaks I've seen are at the element port as well or where there's a small dent. I think the dent cracks the glass and the rusting begins but that's only a private theory.
I'm really looking forward to the show and tell when this East Hawaii BioDiesel fellow gets his alcohol. Of course, there's still the romantic attachment to those coned plastic tanks but you have to let KISS (Keep It Simple and Smart) raise it's head once in a while.
Casey
Canuck:
Hey Casesy,
Every tank I've ever seen here has had screw in heaters... (I'm on the coast of B.C.) but this may be due to a federal/provincial regulation that doesn't affect you... dunno tho.
I'm now on my second tank, the first corroded around the lower heater port. I think this was due to my leaving the acidified oil sitting in the tank for a spell while I was out of town tho. For whatever reason I got two years out of the first tank. If had the bucks I'd build a stainless tank with a conical bottom and two heater ports low down.
As a hint that I learned the hard way...If you use a flex hose to run from the pump to the top of the tank it makes switching tanks a lot easier. The port placement is not the same from tank to tank and the flex hose helps to compensate for this without buggering around with the cast iron pipes.
let us know what you think once you've seen the process run a time or two!
cheers,
Rob.
LowGear:
WHEN I"M WRONG I DON"T MESS AROUND!I checked with my water heater guru back in Renton, Washington at the world famous McLendon Hardware. Lady Di believes I'm at least 20 years out of date (she's a very kind and gentle person). Every one of the heaters in their many stores have screw in heating elements. I learn so much on this site - dang-it. When you're the most sure you're often surely wrong.
Cheers,
Casey
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