!bumpkins woke up yesterd no fricking water pressure
well tank had another blowout
decided I might as well fix the old one while I was at it, a screw jammed in there with putty had held for years
but the new one was a 1/2 inch monster, putty wasn gonna work anymore
so I brought out the harbor freight welder and a portable battery
turns out its really hard to weld a pressure vessel when there's nowhere for the steam ur boiling to vent but the tiny hole ur trying to close.
and the fricking electrod keps shocking me standing in the mud
so it kept turning out like this. after 3 tries I said frick it it was leaking before 
so I boogered them up and they turned out like this @ 50psi
no worse than they've been leakign for a decade
.webp?h=10 "Nuzzles, pounces on you, UwU, you're so warm!..")
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Darn neighbor why is your water tank full of rust
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its older than me
I think the coating is sacrificial (zinc?) or something and once its gone steel is next
but most of the staining is actually from the leak, our water has a lot of iron in it
like our shower curtains slowly orange out over a few months etc
havent run any filtration since it all blew up in the winter storm of 2021
I be changing out water heater elements every couple months the bottom 4+ inches of the water heater tank is calcium and iron rocks
the minerals build up so fast the heating element gets insulated and explodes
im truly a visionary in r-slur living
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Are you replacing the sacrificial anode in the water heater?
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no and its from 1991
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Just replace the heater.
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once I'm gone and prents got they retirement this trailer needs to be burt to the fricking ground
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I bought 2 brand new 50 gallon fibreglass electric rheems for $200 at an auction.
They were hooked up in a new commercial build, but the tenants demanded gas.
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spoiled brats.
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Cheaper here than sparks.
I'm using them as rain water barrels
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Get one of those plastic marathon HWH and never have to replace one like ever.
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would probably just do on demand
I've seen new construction and its prty cool
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it is pretty neat but if you don't do the frequent maintenance they don't last long. Way worse than not flushing and not changing the anode rod on a tanked HWH
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Isn't all that iron gonna kill you?
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I am so happy I have public / "city" water
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Give us that fluoride stare.
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I must….vote Democrat….
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Enjoy your fluoride and estrogen
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Good one for the
meme.
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Yoooo that tankussy lookin kinda tempting
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Furnancussy
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Grinding and paint makes you the welder you aint, but overlap and splatter makes you the welder that matters
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y u no flextape?
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Sometimes you just have to get shit done. But is there a reason you didn't just shut off the pump and drain it real quick first?
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the pump was off or itd be spraying like fountain
and that was as drained as it wanted to get
I'd have to take off one of the big fittings to vent the air too lazy
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Does your setup just have a sump directly into your pressure tank? I guess I don't get where your excess pressure making it hard to plug was coming from.
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its like a tiny amount of pressure from the water boiling behind the weld , the air coming out was blowing out and keeping the hole from closing . the faucet thing on the bottom of the tank was open but it didn' t want to drain any more
idk its been leaking a little forever and now it still is
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I assume there's access? Vacuum the water out.
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Im proud of you and im sorry about your living situation.
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no I'm !builtfor living like this its fine
I don't mind
its freeing in a certain way
I want to go to alaska for a real challenge
u dont even have to insulate anything here
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Should have plugged it with your peepee
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