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Originally Posted by newB
I saw an article about them not too long ago that seemed to indicate a lot of people have been dissatisfied, but that the newer ones are much better than the first gen.
I'm more curious about the average life you provided above. I think that might be for the elements and not the unit itself. I've had the same hot water heater for over 20 years now and have only had to replace the elements twice, and I have very hard well water.
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I'm mostly just parroting what the technician said who installed my present tank years ago. He's the guy who asked me if I knew about "the trick" to lengthening the maximum life of a water heater. That being to drain off a jug or bucketful of water out of the bottom of the tank every few months, which takes a lot of the sediment out of the tank to prevent buildup. I've been doing that for decades, and as I said my present tank has lasted over 10 years, closer to twelve actually.
Thanks everyone for all the great replies. Very informative. I will keep it all in mind when/if I make a move on this.