Something very important was missed after the installation in this video. Make sure you refill the new water heater before turning on the breaker to the power supply for the heater. Otherwise you will burn the elements out in the new unit. Open a hot water faucet in the house and turn the water heaters cold supply back on until water comes out of the open hot water faucet. I agree with the commenter below, the Lowes video is way better even though This Old House rocks!
Exactly as the earliest reply said-expect it to go any time now. Mine did. We were gone for Covid when it happened. Usually the water bill is about $45/month. They bill every other month. Only on receiving a $900 water bill forwarded to us that second month did I know anything had gone awry. Because we’ve been there over 25 years (and thus had established a good payment history with them), the water company kindly let us pay that off over time. Word to the wise: When they go, they go. So definitely replace it sooner rather than later, as suggested here.
@@AA-zq1sxwhen you flip a full bottle of water upside down, the water glugs out, because air sucks in through the same hole. Gasoline cans have a small hole at the opposite side of the spout, so that the glugging doesn’t happen at the spout, the air pressure inside the can is able to stay normal because air isn’t forced to enter the can through the same hole that the gas is trying to exit. So the same would apply with the water heater. Draining it will glug and sputter and drain slowly, so opening a pressure relief would help the water flow out, smoothly. Thanks OP for the suggestion btw ✌🏼
This has performed exactly as desired th-cam.com/users/postUgkx8G49mV71sAzUl9shXyLW-r3XgHH9EVh1 . Basically, instant hot water instead of waiting up to two minutes as it was before. I have had this installed almost exactly one year now and just replaced the anode which is pictured. I pulled it out at six months and cleaned the heating element and removed debris. I would recommend a cleaning every six months and an anode replacement yearly. A mild citric acid and water solution soak really helps clean the heating element and tank. It must be fully disassembled to do the cleaning and that is not difficult but could have been made easier with a couple of design changes but no big deal.
I watched this video on September 19th 2023 at 2 p.m. Central Time. I would like to see y'all talk about an option to add a water filter to the cold water fill line at the time of this replacement.
I see that the installer was manually twisting the wires together. I was always told to never do this. That a pro will connect wires together by the nut only? Curious as to why this was shown how connect this way? Is this correct? Experts tell me otherwise. Just checking if the vid needs an update? Thank you.
Half the stuff they do in this video is incorrect. Home Depot should be ashamed of themselves putting garbage like this out there as advice to the public. Should not even be legal, to be honest.
Video is helpful introducing all the terminology. However, does not comply with CA regulations: they require electrical disconnect box installed nearby and also flood preventing device or a dedicated drain. It would be helpful to discuss these things.
As a licensed plumber, please don't listen to what these guys are saying. Half of the information in this video is either missing or incorrect. If you do your installation exactly as they do in this video, you would have done it incorrectly and created a hazardous condition for your family.
There is a lot of codes violation, 30 amp breaker Instead of 20 amp three-quarter Copper pipe instead of half inch pipe flexible pipe on the top shut off valve on hot and cold water instead solid pipe and never used a half inch copper pipe On a water heater well done Home Depot you show the wrong way to do it 🤣🤣🤣
Might last 6-12 years . SIX YEARS? That's criminal . Only in clown world would that be considered acceptable . Raise a child in your home to the age of 18 and replace the water heater 3 times ? Please .
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Very nice of Bill Belichick to help us all out
Something very important was missed after the installation in this video. Make sure you refill the new water heater before turning on the breaker to the power supply for the heater. Otherwise you will burn the elements out in the new unit. Open a hot water faucet in the house and turn the water heaters cold supply back on until water comes out of the open hot water faucet. I agree with the commenter below, the Lowes video is way better even though This Old House rocks!
4:45 He says to fill it up before even making the electrical connections.
Good job installing one today, i a ran into water heater would not drain
Greatly appreciated. Thank you ❤
Very helpful video, but there's one step not mentioned for drainage: manually open the Temperature & Pressure Relief valve!
Exactly as the earliest reply said-expect it to go any time now. Mine did. We were gone for Covid when it happened. Usually the water bill is about $45/month. They bill every other month. Only on receiving a $900 water bill forwarded to us that second month did I know anything had gone awry. Because we’ve been there over 25 years (and thus had established a good payment history with them), the water company kindly let us pay that off over time.
Word to the wise: When they go, they go. So definitely replace it sooner rather than later, as suggested here.
How would that help you when it's at the top of the tank
@@AA-zq1sxwhen you flip a full bottle of water upside down, the water glugs out, because air sucks in through the same hole. Gasoline cans have a small hole at the opposite side of the spout, so that the glugging doesn’t happen at the spout, the air pressure inside the can is able to stay normal because air isn’t forced to enter the can through the same hole that the gas is trying to exit.
So the same would apply with the water heater. Draining it will glug and sputter and drain slowly, so opening a pressure relief would help the water flow out, smoothly.
Thanks OP for the suggestion btw ✌🏼
@@Sirshort123 air relief will come threw the hot water faucet you opened to drain the tank,
@@chrisreuter8585 Fair enough 🤷🏻♂️✌🏼
Thanks. Very helpful and saved me a pile of money
Wat appen wen the 2 tunes in the tap of the tank. Are hot o warm
Thank you for the video. Why some plumbers install an blue little tank on top and some plumbers don't?
This has performed exactly as desired th-cam.com/users/postUgkx8G49mV71sAzUl9shXyLW-r3XgHH9EVh1 . Basically, instant hot water instead of waiting up to two minutes as it was before. I have had this installed almost exactly one year now and just replaced the anode which is pictured. I pulled it out at six months and cleaned the heating element and removed debris. I would recommend a cleaning every six months and an anode replacement yearly. A mild citric acid and water solution soak really helps clean the heating element and tank. It must be fully disassembled to do the cleaning and that is not difficult but could have been made easier with a couple of design changes but no big deal.
I’ve lived in my house 13 years it’s still goin strong
Great. Now expect it to start leaking in the next 1-2 years.
Start leaking at 19 now. That's why watching here.
Good Work Guys👍👏🔥🪛🔩!
Is that water meter in a cave???
Bro, I was thinking the same thing. "Where is this valve at? Underground in a mountain side?"
Do you remove the badgerplug in the bottom Center of waterheater
I watched this video on September 19th 2023 at 2 p.m. Central Time.
I would like to see y'all talk about an option to add a water filter to the cold water fill line at the time of this replacement.
Who came here after the Lowes installation video?
The music needs to go
Way too loud
I can't even watch the video man
@@JosephChecklick turn your volume down then
Crybabies I can hear the video just fine
so it blk to blk and white to red ..then ground ??
Hey he's a big shot, so he's not going to answer your questions. LOL!
I see that the installer was manually twisting the wires together. I was always told to never do this. That a pro will connect wires together by the nut only? Curious as to why this was shown how connect this way? Is this correct? Experts tell me otherwise. Just checking if the vid needs an update? Thank you.
There is another video explaining your dilemma: "7 FATAL Wiring Mistakes Most DIYers Don't Know They Are Making".
Half the stuff they do in this video is incorrect. Home Depot should be ashamed of themselves putting garbage like this out there as advice to the public. Should not even be legal, to be honest.
Thanks for the helpful video. Please change the spelling of "Sauter" to "Solder".
Video is helpful introducing all the terminology. However, does not comply with CA regulations: they require electrical disconnect box installed nearby and also flood preventing device or a dedicated drain. It would be helpful to discuss these things.
Well that’s why California is a trash state
@@chunksloth2746 facts
Nobody gives af about commiefornia
Communism doesn't work 🎉
Fck commiefornia
Lowes video is much better & more accurate.
As a licensed plumber, please don't listen to what these guys are saying. Half of the information in this video is either missing or incorrect. If you do your installation exactly as they do in this video, you would have done it incorrectly and created a hazardous condition for your family.
There is a lot of codes violation, 30 amp breaker Instead of 20 amp
three-quarter Copper pipe instead of half inch pipe
flexible pipe on the top shut off valve on hot and cold water instead solid pipe
and never used a half inch copper pipe On a water heater
well done Home Depot you show the wrong way to do it 🤣🤣🤣
By the way, I forgot the expansion tank on the cold side of 3/4 copper pipe
Easy they charge 2000 for that stupidity
Might last 6-12 years . SIX YEARS? That's criminal . Only in clown world would that be considered acceptable . Raise a child in your home to the age of 18 and replace the water heater 3 times ? Please .
Mine is 23 years old. Just started leaking. Hence why I am watching this video
Moral of the story do not raise children!
@@joonyaboy Here today for the same reason, leaking @ 21 years old, lol. Gonna bump from the 30 to a 40
Mine start leaking at 19. Here for same reason. I think 19 to 25 years.
Pigs are more fun - and they don't talk back!@@vitaminb4869
My vacuum breaker is hissing, do you know why?