Thanks Roland:
Yes, gas heaters DO have sacrificial rods, but I agree with Paul that the
rod is unlikely to make the volume of bubbles I'm seeing.
I will have to go back to square one and try to diagnose it... One thought
is the water table may have dropped down a bit, and the pump is sucking up
some air with the water.
Al Fuller
al at bighealey dot org
'62 BT-7
'65 BJ-8
'85 Rx-7
-----Original Message-----
From: Roland Wilhelmy [mailto:rwil@sbcglobal.net]
Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2013 4:50 PM
To: Al Fuller
Cc: Shop-talk@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] turn off the bubble machine
Al (et al.)-
My air in the water lines problem gradually went away. Now I don't know if
the problem was electrolysis and it stopped cuz there wasn't any more stuff
to eat away or if the air came from some place beside the water supply.
Since I have a service contract on the water heater I am just going to watch
and wait. I tried to ignite the 'air' coming out of the tap but could not.
This suggests that whatever the source of the gas it isn't from breaking
down water into hydrogen and oxygen.
I wish I could give you more help. Do gas water heaters have sacrificial
rods? If so you could pull them and see if they are being destroyed more
rapidly than normal. Could you remove the second water heater from the
plumbing and see if that helps?
-Roland
On Sat, 16 Mar 2013 10:52:46 -0400, you wrote:
::Roland [and all]:
::
::Did you ever determine the source of the air bubbles in your water system?
::
::I too have a well and softened system, and have air in the lines. It
::appears to be getting worse, progressing from a mere nuisance to having a
::functional impact on the system [eg, the volume of water getting to toilet
::tanks appears lower now, as does the ability to the 'power flush' toilets
to ::work...]
::
::In my case the water heater is gas, not electric. There are two heaters
::installed, but IIRC, only one is working.
::
::Any help will be appreciated.
::
::Al Fuller
::al at bighealey dot org
::'62 BT-7
::'65 BJ-8
::'85 Rx-7
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