Water outflow from the water heater.
Zhou master said cleaning the water heater is best operated by professionals.
Water heater cleaning down impurities.
'Oh my God, it's scary!' The hostess kept repeating the phrase while the water heater was being cleaned, and the cleaners responded calmly to her several times: 'There is still not much, Tawny sewage and impurities wave after wave from the water heater spout out.
Yesterday witnessed the water heater cleaning process, the result is shocking.Industry reminder: the best water heater cleaning every two or three years, the use of water heaters are years, more than the best years to replace the new .
'on site'
The water heater never cleaned, and the drain tap took a few minutes to unscrew it
Yesterday at 4:30 pm, the reporter followed the weekly master of the domestic company into Ms. Pu's home. Ms. Wong said her water heater had been used for more than five years and had never been cleaned. It was recently discovered that the color of water flowing out was a bit Deep, but still muddy.Remembered a few days ago on the Internet watched the cleaning water heater video, she worried about the home water heater may also be so dirty, so call the appointment to the cleaners door.
Zhou master door, the first cut off the power, turn off the main valve, remove the water heater cold water pipe, emptying the water heater water heater left bottom has a sewage outfall, Zhou master drain cover removed, around the nozzle Plastic film is still intact.Zhou said, this shows that Ms. Huang's water heater has never been cleaned before.
Subsequently, Zhou master wrench trying to unscrew the sewage outfall, but tried a few times, the screws actually motionless. Zhou master said that this is because the water heater is used for a long time, the screws have been rusty, can not move. A few minutes, the sewage outfall screw finally screw down, Zhou master pulled out from the sewage out of a plug in the water heater inside the magnesium rod.
It is said that this root of magnesium rods and water heaters scale chemical reaction, so that the water heater due to the heat of the scale will not form a lump wrapped in the heating rod. The reporter saw the surface of this magnesium rod pitted, touch It's as hard as cement.
Sewage accumulated a thick layer of brown impurities, the bathroom filled with rust flavor
Magnesium rod out from the water heater, a sewage spilled out of the sewage outfall, Ms. Wong immediately issued a 'ah' exclaimed, with the brown discharge of water there are many impurities. Zhou master said that this Just the beginning, the real 'sewage' is still behind.
Zhou master a cold water pipe received, and then put the pipe into the water from the sewage outfall rinse the water heater, water heater out of a steady stream of sewage flushing for a while, the master also took care of the water heater gently shaking around. Shaking, the sewage outfall and discharge a lot of dirty water until the water flow out of clear, Zhou master stopped shaking about 40 minutes of cleaning, outflow from the sewage out of the water slowly clear the master Zhou said, Calculate the basic clean.
After the end of cleaning, Ms. Wong's bathroom is already a mess. The sewage and impurities discharged from the water heater dirty the ground, there are a lot of silt and white lumpy material. Weeks master fear of these impurities will block the sewer, carefully With the broom after cleaning down in the basin.
After the cleaning, the sewage in the basin below the sewer has accumulated a thick layer of impurities, the impurities were brown, the bathroom was also filled with a smell of rust.
'Dispute
Why do not you find a bath? Impurities are deposited at the bottom
'So dirty in the water heater, why not find it when bathing?' For this question, Zhou master explained that there are three outlets at the bottom of the water heater, respectively, inlet, outlet and outlet, cold water from the inlet into the heating pipe heating After the cold water will squeeze the hot water to the top, and with the cold water into the liner of some impurities will be deposited in the bottom of the water heater.
'Because the inlet is low, the outlet is high, the scale is deposited on the bottom of the liner when the heater is used, and the hot water flows out from above, ie out of the outlet, so that it does not carry any dirt on the bottom. Zhou master said the longer the water heater used to deposit the more impurities at the bottom.
Weeks master said that different brands of water heaters discharge sewage is also different, some brands of water heaters have a lot of sewage, part of the magnesium is dropped due to chemical reactions, and some brands of water heaters without impurities. For the water heater brand, Zhou master It is suggested to use the life of the direct replacement, especially in some rental water heaters, tenants and tenants are not aware of cleaning, dirt more.
Related to personal habits? The sewage is 'natural'
Water heater in the course of the water quality will be worse it? Dirty water heater with habits related to it? 'On this issue, the Peacock River housekeeping company's water heater cleaning master Ma Yuan-ming said the water heater in the use of water quality deterioration is certain , Because more impurities in water, tap water for disinfection of residual chlorine in the pipeline of sand and rust will be brought into the water heater.
These dirt, heavy metals will naturally be deposited in the lower part of the water heater, and water heater magnesium rod and scale chemical reaction will leave impurities in the water heater in the water is due to the characteristics of the water heater itself, with the consumer habits do not matter .
'remind'
It is recommended to regularly find professionals to clean
Otherwise, not only the power may also burst pipe
According to Xiao Yu Jia Jia Zheng company staff said home appliance cleaning business has increased by 30% -40% since the beginning of this year.Kun Que River housekeeping company official said winter is the water heater cleaning season, orders more than other seasons about 30%. Good Bang 伲 domestic companies responsible person also said that winter water heater cleaning business volume will rise about 50%.
So, how often do you wash the water heater? Good Bang 伲 domestic companies responsible for the proposal is to clean once a year, but to remind the public is best not to clean the water heater, one is no professional equipment, cleaning is not clean, and second, the operation is not professional careless Will damage the water heater.
In an interview, reporters found that some people disagreed with the cleaning of water heaters, saying that the water in the water heater is only used for bathing and washing the face, not for drinking, as long as the body does not feel any problems and does not need special cleaning.
Mr Zhao, 75, said the water heater used almost 10 years and had never heard of the need to clean it, saying he usually did not feel any discomfort with the water in the water heater.
However, the reporter learned from industry insiders, if the water heater does not wash for a long time, heating scale attached to the scale will affect the heating efficiency.Experiments have shown that the scale thickness of 8 mm, the power consumption to increase 34% .Life scale is too thick Will lead to thermal deformation of the liner or even rupture, if the blockage of the water pipe will reduce the amount of hot water, severe pipe burst may have been users of the water heater just bought enough family 5 individuals to take a shower, a few years later found that two people do not wash Hot, called maintenance personnel to solve after cleaning.
In addition, impurities in the water and metal shavings can also cause skin problems, and some women and children have symptoms of pruritus or rash after bathing.