“You don’t need to clean the boiler and change the anode, and this is how it works”: write home “plumbers”. Explained the consequences

Faced a situation that some owners do not service their electric heater. Why, it still works! And only when he explained the situation, they were surprised to answer that the installers had not told them about it. Unfortunately, there are some who establish no drain system, no explanation, took to work and left.

Why clean the boiler

A strange question to remove dirt and scale - that's it. I even had cases when asked to clean because of the unpleasant smell of water. In fact, there was a layer of silt at the bottom, it is clear with what smell.

Heater check

But for myself I consider it a priority, when cleaning, to check the condition of the heating element, at what stage of destruction from corrosion it is, and is it safe to use it. After all, if the tube leaks out, then insulation will go down, or even it will happen case breakdown.

And this is dangerous, because

There's a possibility, what Remedies (RCD, for example) won't work. Therefore, I always check, especially if there is a message between the case and the current-carrying elements.

Why do you need anode and service life

In short, in order to protect the tank, heating elements and other internal elements from electrochemical corrosion.

is he takes this blow, itself collapses, keeping the rest. Anode of average quality lasts about a year, original (high-quality) 2-3.