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| Thread ID: 146437 | 2018-08-04 14:02:00 | Leaking Hot Water Cylinder | hueybot3000 (3646) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1452259 | 2018-08-04 14:02:00 | Our house is 1960's, cylinder is original...manufactured date is 1964... Tonight we noticed it's leaking out of the bottom. I was hoping it was a pipe which I'd be comfortable tackling myself but it's coming from the fitting that looks to be part of the cylinder. 8984 Can anyone tell me if this part is replaceable? Or is it just a point prone to corrosion and it's time is up? The leak isn't that bad so it can wait until Monday for a plumber but I'd like to have an idea of what I'm in for. We have got a couple of quotes for converting to gas in the recent months anyway so maybe this is a sign... |
hueybot3000 (3646) | ||
| 1452260 | 2018-08-04 16:26:00 | Looks like an Essex flange with a gas filler grommet. Could replace it but it'll eventually happen again as the gasket breaks down. Brazing it would be an option and should last longer. You would be due for a new cylinder, the impurities inside it and that newer cylinders are probably more efficient would be better in the long run. |
Kame (312) | ||
| 1452261 | 2018-08-04 20:38:00 | What Kame said. I would be reluctant to convert to gas now that the Goverment has effectively killed the industry. The costs can only increase rapidly as our current supplys run down over the next several years. |
CliveM (6007) | ||
| 1452262 | 2018-08-04 21:54:00 | Using gas here in the tiny house, its good but not great, personally you would be better off replacing the cylinder as Clive said gas will get more expensive, I'm about to start building our new house in the next few weeks and although keeping gas for the cooktop will be going wetback rural fire and electric for the hot water but also putting in a solar grid tied system for the electrics | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1452263 | 2018-08-04 21:59:00 | Your cylinder is stuffed. No parts cannot be replaced as you think. New cylinder time, 1964? It did well.... |
piroska (17583) | ||
| 1452264 | 2018-08-04 23:59:00 | Looks very much like my cylinder after the second large earthquake here in Christchurch, the inner lining has been breached I would say, time for a new cylinder. | zqwerty (97) | ||
| 1452265 | 2018-08-05 00:50:00 | An alternative that may be worth looking into if you are replacing is heat pump water heaters, I worry about the noise and the long term reliability but am considering it myself as the option with the cheapest running costs. That and I've run out of other ways to reduce my power bill short of installing solar :) |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1452266 | 2018-08-05 05:21:00 | Using gas here in the tiny house, its good but not great, personally you would be better off replacing the cylinder as Clive said gas will get more expensive, I'm about to start building our new house in the next few weeks and although keeping gas for the cooktop will be going wetback rural fire and electric for the hot water but also putting in a solar grid tied system for the electricsi think bottle gas in the South Island will alway be expensive. Different story in the north where you have mains gas | plod (107) | ||
| 1452267 | 2018-08-05 06:44:00 | i think bottle gas in the South Island will alway be expensive. Different story in the north where you have mains gas $30 for a 9Kg refill here in Hanmer and I think $38 for swap-a-bottle |
gary67 (56) | ||
| 1452268 | 2018-08-05 06:58:00 | $30 for a 9Kg refill here in Hanmer and I think $38 for swap-a-bottleI was more meaning of running cost of natural gas compared to lpg. | plod (107) | ||
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