tank heaters

[jaydee]

I am having trouble with scale on sinking stock tank heaters. I have very hard water and these things only stay clean for a few days. I have been cleaning them with a solution called MSR it works but not very good. Mostly have to use elbow grease. Does anyone know of a product that will disolve the scale any better? I use treated and softened water for the house, but cant really do this for outside water.

 

[hayray]

Never even gave it a thought, what is the problem with the scale?

 

[Jerry/MT]

Try soaking it in vinegar.

 

[showcrop]

Go to a restaurant supply store and ask for limescale remover. If you have friends that need it and can take 48 4x1 gal. cases I can get it shipped to you.

 

[Aaron Ford]

CLR works pretty good as a soak.

Aaron

 

[Bill Longstreet]

Commercial coffee pot cleaner works well

Bill

 

[GregCO]

Scale makes the heater less efficient, can cause the element to over heat, and cause premature failure. I have also seen scale eat a hole in the element allowing stray power in the tank.

 

[Dean Olson]

Back in the day we had 2 heaters. One in the tank and one soaking in vinegar. Just swapped the scaled up one out with the clean one. It was nice to have a spare when one failed.

 

[jaydee]

Thanks guys!