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Re: Totally OT: Water tank weirdness

From Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au>
Newsgroups aus.cars, aus.electronics
Subject Re: Totally OT: Water tank weirdness
Date 2022-05-17 15:57 +1000
Message-ID <jegrr7F7edkU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
References <jegg3pF5dflU1@mid.individual.net> <t5v2mn$thp$1@dont-email.me>

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On 17/5/2022 12:53 pm, Noddy wrote:
> On 17/05/2022 12:37 pm, Sylvia Else wrote:
> 
>> It's very dusty up there, and I have to wear a proper filter mask. As 
>> I was returning the mask to the garage area below the living area of 
>> the house, where I keep such things, I heard a noise coming from the 
>> hot water tank. Turned out there was a leak from where the heating 
>> element goes in. Given that the tank is under pressure, the leak was 
>> making a hissing noise.
> 
> The tank shouldn't be under any pressure at all if it's not being used. 
> I presume you have a more modern hot water service somewhere else on the 
> property?
> 
> If you do, then the supply and feed pipes to this old lump should have 
> been cut and capped off....
> 
> 
Darren, I'm shocked! You've posted a reasonable response, one I could 
agree with, and not a sign of your usual hate filled vitriol and 
invective. Keep it up, it might be a harbinger of a new you, and not 
before time.

-- 
Xeno


Nothing astonishes Noddy so much as common sense and plain dealing.
       (with apologies to Ralph Waldo Emerson)

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Totally OT: Water tank weirdness Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> - 2022-05-17 12:37 +1000
  Re: Totally OT: Water tank weirdness Noddy <me@home.com> - 2022-05-17 12:53 +1000
    Re: Totally OT: Water tank weirdness Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> - 2022-05-17 13:39 +1000
      Re: Totally OT: Water tank weirdness Noddy <me@home.com> - 2022-05-17 20:30 +1000
    Re: Totally OT: Water tank weirdness Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2022-05-17 15:57 +1000
    Re: Totally OT: Water tank weirdness "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2022-05-18 11:24 +1000
  Re: Totally OT: Water tank weirdness Daryl <dwalford@westpine.com.au> - 2022-05-17 14:10 +1000
  Re: Totally OT: Water tank weirdness "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2022-05-18 11:08 +1000
    Re: Totally OT: Water tank weirdness Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> - 2022-05-18 12:46 +1000
      Re: Totally OT: Water tank weirdness Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> - 2022-05-18 13:43 +1000
      Re: Totally OT: Water tank weirdness "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2022-05-18 14:32 +1000

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