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Old 01-07-2019, 06:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Toymeister View Post
You certainly can get twenty years if you flushed it annually.

As to your second point a new 40 gallon heater provides 28 gallons. Not because 28 gallons is forty, rather 28 gallons of cold water displacing 28 gallons of hot makes it so cold that it's not effectively functional as the heating elements cannot over come the temperature loss quickly enough. At 28 gallons the tank is full of 85 degree water which feels cool.
Ok, I give up. I thought I was frugal, but you win. I'm surprised you even have a water heater.