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Chris, 8 years seems like a decent lifetime for a heater. I think the warranties on them are less than that. Looks like you need an electrician to look at everything!Been there, seen that, horrified by that.
Hard water deposits are tough on hot water tanks. And water just in general, likes to rust out the tanks. I still remember when the original hot water tank to this house, literally blew the hot water line, completely off of the entire vessel, and water was shooting out like a fire hydrant full force, soaking the entire floor in the process. It was due to the fact that the 10-year old tank had rusted so bad, that there was nothing left to hold the water line in.
And since the hot water tank was located in the closet of my bedroom, I am sure you can imagine the fun I tried to have, sleeping out in the living room, because the carpeting needed that special floor blower fan, which makes a ton of noise, to dry out the floor and carpeting, not fun. Replaced the tank of course, and got only 8-years out of it, it simply just stopped heating all together! Then I got the 3rd hot water tank for the house, and you guessed it, it also only lasted 8-years, but this time with a twist!
The 3rd hot water tank, did not rust out, and it did not stop heating. The electrics started smoking! Everytime I turn the breaker for the hot water tank on, after it runs for awhile, there will be blue smoke in my bedroom. I am not made of money, and after 3 hot water tank replacements, and a loss of a financial income source, I made the decision to no longer have running hot water in the house. That 3rd tank is still hooked up otherwise, but I never power it up.
Instead, I do it the pioneer way folks, I heat up water on the stove like our great grandparents did it, you'd be amazed how successful you can be just heating up water in a pot on the stove. And yes, before you ask, yes, you can even bath with a pot of water. Once you recognize you don't need 50-gallons of water to shower, you learn water conservation techniques, and you do more with less, and achieve success lol.
Are you sure?
If you ever seen the depiction of Athena the goddess, I'd love for her to be passed down to me as well.
Well, I'll be damned, you got yourself a Wolfman razor WOOHOO! Celebration party time excellent! Congratulations!
Also, many people forget that you need to maintain the tank for longetivity. I drain mine once a year to remove the sediment that sits on the bottom of the tank. Glad you resolve with heating it up old school but I don't think that's ideal for everyone. If I were to do that in my house, everyone would flip out, Lol!!
I'm for water conservation as it's set up (my house has everything regulated). But I'm glad it works for you though!